We know the list of "dissenters" questioning mad-made warming exists. Although, figuring out who truly are the dissenters and the trouble makers is a moving target at this point. It's a little like a socialist, conspiracy theorist and libertarian each habing their own version of the "Zeitgeist."
Nevernonethefrickenless, here's a link to a site discussing expanding glaciers, including Antarctica, around the world.
Even NASA pictures confirm the shrinkage. Each winter the ice forms and seems to be expanding, but over summer it receeds and each year a little bit more. Old ice is gone and new ice is very fragile, easily melted and not suited for animal reproduction or human activity. Ask the Innuit.
ReplyDeleteOfficially, they're the Dene now!
ReplyDeleteThat may be, but again, is it man made? Does it justify radically shifting our economies while watching shenanigans like East Anglia?
The Dene and the Innuit are two different first Nations. They share parts of Nunavut and Nunavik but they were, and occasionnaly are, at loggerheads over territory and ancestral rights. Until the early 1900s they even fought wars against each other. Don't call a Dene an Innuit no more than you call an Irish an English.
ReplyDeleteAs for man made global warming, we are collectively responsible for some of it but nature also plays her part. There are natural cycles but through our activity and growing numbers we do accelerate the natural cycles.
Looking back, what used to take thousands of years has been accomplished over the last 100 years or so. That is the worrisome part. We need to adapt and adapting always had a cost usually recouped afterwards. However like for infrastrtructure work the more we delay the costlier it gets.
My bad. I must have read something a while ago and my historical memory failed me. Always good to refresh:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002221
Changes in our habits should always be re-evaluated.