Arctic ice continues to shrink; 2011 had the second lowest ice extent. But we seem more concern about the oil resources that it will uncover. Yesterday was Earth Day, a day to remind us that the new oil riches will be meaningless without a habitable planet.
Here is a TED video about a swimmer who tried to bring world attention to the melting arctic by swimming the North Pole. His talk was in 2009; what happen in the last three years?
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I agree that Lovelock was an alarmist, but I don't think that Al Gore was. Gore always has said that Climate Change would be gradual and it would primarily affect our children and grandchildren. Climate Change may be slower than what Lovelock predicted but it seems to be faster than what Al Gore predicted.
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