Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
UPDATE
Greyhair's post on British scientist James Lovelock has been validated. In the Washington Post article the esteemed scientist states, "Our global furnace is out of control. By 2020, 2025, you will be able to sail a sailboat to the North Pole. The Amazon will become a desert, and the forests of Siberia will burn and release more methane and plagues will return."

And now this from the Indian media:
PARIS: European scientists voiced shock on Wednesday as they showed pictures which showed Arctic ice cover had disappeared so much last month that a ship could sail unhindered from Europe's most northerly outpost to the North Pole itself.
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Drinkwater added: "If this anomaly continues, the Northeast Passage, or 'Northern Sea Route' between Europe and Asia will be open over longer intervals of time, and it is conceivable we might see attempts at sailing around the world directly across the summer Arctic Ocean within the next 10 to 20 years."

I feel sick. Where is the outcry? Where is the mention of this in the American media?
Written at 9:02 AM by Lynne.
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