A new study from the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates that older ice is giving way to younger ice. While this may seem odd, it is drastically important when it comes to the conditions being suffered by our polar regions.
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Is Younger & Newer Sea Ice Bad for the Planet?
(via planetsave.com)
Submitted by Bukowsky on Mon, 2008-01-14 02:09. | Tags: science | antartica | artic | climate change | environment ice | glacier | iceburg | melting ice caps

The Artic Quandry -- What Happens When The Ice Melts?
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There’s no need to rehash what we already know. The Arctic is Melting. It’s a fact that we are going to have to come to grips with. Shipping lanes are being changed, animals and natives are being displaced, and ice is disappearing faster than my digg friends when I attempt to swing the conversation away from bodily functions to politics.
Submitted by Bukowsky on Thu, 2007-11-01 15:32. | Tags: politics | antartic | artic | climate change | denmark | environment | glacier | ice | norway | sweden