May 05 2008
As Arctic Ice Melts, South Pole Ice Grows
In this article, the author writes about how the ice in Antarctica has actually grown over the past 30 years. However, he also writes that the ice in the arctic has continued to melt, even though its cousin in the south has grown. There is no true explaination for it, as the Global warming models have shown both caps melting until they’re gone. However, there is a comment in the article that makes me question his sources. “A grocery-store tabloid had the obvious explanation: that scientists had discovered evidence of an undersea base run by space aliens–heat from the alleged facility had melted the ice. “It was one of our images,” says a bemused Dr. Parkinson. “But it wasn’t our interpretation.” That was pretty comical, but the rest of the article seemed pretty backed up.
This information could be used in the What is it? portion along with the effects and how it will affect future generations. It is talking about what is going on with the ice caps, which seems to always go along with the words “global warming”. Also, the effects of it because it is melting the ice caps and future generations because the oceans will rise and may take some of our coastline away.
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