Thursday, December 18, 2008

Big melt!



Washington: While many world leaders take little notice of this mammoth issue of global warming, another shocking stat has emerged. According to new NASA satellite data, about 2 trillion tonnes of ice has gone since 2003, especaially in Greenland. This rapid melting of ice is seen as a result of this grave problem of global warming as per scientists. Due to such melting in Greenland, Antartica and Alaska, the global sea level has risen to about one-fifth of an inch in the past five years.

The Arctic too has been warming at a faster rate than what the experts had expected. It is said that this time around, the temperature out there was higher by as much as ten degrees celcius this past fall.

As this serious menace of global warming is still being debated in the political circles, lets hope it's not too late!

picture: geology.com

1 Comment:

  1. Anonymous said...
    this is shocking! even as we see this form of devastation, some nations fail to recognize the gravity of this deadly problem of climate change.

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