Ice fjords melt puts species at risk


	Ice fjords melt puts species at risk

kkcapricorn

8-31-2007 3:56 PM

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climate change, oil, polar bears, seals

kkcapricorn says:

The greedy oilmen will descend like the vultures they are.

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8-31-2007 7:42 PM

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                        LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - 
The Svalbard archipelago near the <SPAN id="lw_1188577614_0">North Pole</SPAN> is already seeing the dramatic effects of global warming: the mercury is rising twice as fast as elsewhere on the planet, posing a serious threat to the ecosystem.                        
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The <SPAN id="lw_1188577614_1">Arctic sea ice</SPAN> has never been as small as it is now. This year, it shrank to less than five million square kilometers (1.93 million square miles) -- a grim record for the planet.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife">
For the past two years, the fjords on the west coast have been totally ice-free, even in winter</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife">
According to the US Geological Survey, 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas is thought to lie under the Arctic seabed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife">the change would be a catastrophe for many Arctic species and risks disrupting the entire ecosystem.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife"> the ringed seal's habitat will be gone</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife">he same fate awaits the polar bear,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife">"there is nowhere north for them to go,</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F9545100-CAAC-4821-B018-9FEF84911805/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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