News from the Edge

"The risk posed to mankind and the environment by even small changes in average global temperatures is much higher than believed even a few years ago" AFP

"Icecaps around the North and South Poles are melting faster and in a more widespread way than expected ... Arctic sea ice has decreased to its lowest level since satellite records began" The Times

"New evidence of the far-reaching effects of global warming in the polar regions has emerged from the scientific explorations of International Polar Year 2007-2008. Snow and ice are declining in both polar regions, affecting human livelihoods as well as local plant and animal life in the Arctic, as well as global ocean and atmospheric circulation and sea level." ENS


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