The Extent of Climate Change So Far
Oh well, there goes the permafrost, and the sea ice for polar bears, and the frozen ground for artic trees to survive on, mark lynas has some interesting photos of the effects of this climate change, perticularly in alaska.The whole arctic ecosystem is under threat, Polar Bears in perticular seem likely to be hit hard.
"We have seen with our own eyes that climatic warming is causing the ice to break up earlier, and that is affecting the survival of the bears," said Ian Stirling, a research scientist for the Canadian Wildlife Service
STOP TAKING BRIBES GEORGE! DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE!
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at http://climatechangeaction.blogspot.com)
posted by Calvin Jones @ 5:22 PM
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Some less dramatic, but clear examples of climate change in Canada's Boreal zone can be seen at
http://www.geostrategis.com/p_sensitivity.htm
http://www.geostrategis.com/p_mapm2.html
These examples show the melting of permafrost in the form of peatplateaus and palsas in Canada's southern discontinuous permafrost zone. They can also be explored with Google Earth.
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