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Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
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[url]http://www.acia.uaf.edu/[/url]
(for data about ACIA go to main page and [url=http://www.acia.uaf.edu/pages/mission.html]this[/url])
ACIA is study concerning fast warming of arctic areas observed in last fifty years which has caused retreat of sea ice and earlier melting of snow and later start of winter.
It also deals with its consequences to local people, environment and to global weather.
Arctic areas can also cause acceleration in warming because of decrease in albedo means bigger absorption of heat coming from the sun.
There's so much information in there that telling it briefly is little hard without "writing novel".
Full report can be found from here. (in PDF form)
[url]http://www.amap.no/acia/index.html[/url]
I would suggest looking at least [url=http://www.amap.no/acia/ACIAGraphics.html]graphics[/url] which are very good.
Here's some other pages concerning this study... I think this one says it well:
[url]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1109_041109_polar_ice.html[/url]
[quote]The study concluded that in Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia, average temperatures have increased as much as 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit (3 to 4 degrees Celsius) in the past 50 years, nearly twice the global average. Temperatures are projected to rise 7 to 13 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 7 degrees Celsius) over the next hundred years.
The rising temperatures are likely to cause the melting of at least half the Arctic sea ice by the end of the century. A significant portion of the Greenland ice sheet—which contains enough water to raise the worldwide sea level by about 23 feet (about 7 meters)—would also melt.[/quote](so who wants to melt arctic area's ice?)
[url]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0420_040420_earthday.html[/url]
[url]http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_warming/page.cfm?pageID=1545[/url]
(for data about ACIA go to main page and [url=http://www.acia.uaf.edu/pages/mission.html]this[/url])
ACIA is study concerning fast warming of arctic areas observed in last fifty years which has caused retreat of sea ice and earlier melting of snow and later start of winter.
It also deals with its consequences to local people, environment and to global weather.
Arctic areas can also cause acceleration in warming because of decrease in albedo means bigger absorption of heat coming from the sun.
There's so much information in there that telling it briefly is little hard without "writing novel".
Full report can be found from here. (in PDF form)
[url]http://www.amap.no/acia/index.html[/url]
I would suggest looking at least [url=http://www.amap.no/acia/ACIAGraphics.html]graphics[/url] which are very good.
Here's some other pages concerning this study... I think this one says it well:
[url]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1109_041109_polar_ice.html[/url]
[quote]The study concluded that in Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia, average temperatures have increased as much as 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit (3 to 4 degrees Celsius) in the past 50 years, nearly twice the global average. Temperatures are projected to rise 7 to 13 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 7 degrees Celsius) over the next hundred years.
The rising temperatures are likely to cause the melting of at least half the Arctic sea ice by the end of the century. A significant portion of the Greenland ice sheet—which contains enough water to raise the worldwide sea level by about 23 feet (about 7 meters)—would also melt.[/quote](so who wants to melt arctic area's ice?)
[url]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0420_040420_earthday.html[/url]
[url]http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_warming/page.cfm?pageID=1545[/url]
Comments
That movie should have had a disclaimer like "No Scientists were harmed in the filming of this movie, because none of the ones we met would touch this script with a 10' pair of beaker thongs"
Not that Im saying that it doesnt matter, because as a race, we are decimating our planets rather fragile eco-system. I just really, really hated that movie.
[B]yeah I saw that movie, it was really, really bad and had Dennis Quaid in it right? Boy has his life gone down hill since Meg Ryan dumped him!
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You're joking right?
There's abig difference between the hard science linked above and the movie script...
;)
Of course, if 10' is the actual waist size, they'd be for elephant seals (or one [I]very[/I] plus-size woman:eek: :D ).
Oh, wait, no...we forgot the little umbrellas in the pina colata!