Tropical plankton invade Arctic waters: A pulse of warm Atlantic water has carried tropical and subtropical species of marine protozoa north of the Arctic Circle for the first time ever recorded.
http://scienceblog.com/55762/tropical-plankton-invade-arctic-waters/#Mb1Ab7COufbrDVcG.99 
==================== Ice melt found across 97 percent of Greenland: For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from its thin, low-lying coastal edges to its two-mile-thick center, experienced some degree of melting at its surface, according to measurements from three independent satellites analyzed by NASA and university scientists. 
http://scienceblog.com/55762/tropical-plankton-invade-arctic-waters/#Mb1Ab7COufbrDVcG.99
But... but... there's no global warming! Not a laughing matter. Coastal cities still not preparing. Why should they? That would only create jobs, right?
ReplyDeleteIt's much more comforting to cling to cherished beliefs, and pretend that any contrary facts simply don't exist.
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