Wednesday 25 February 2009

Antarctica joins the rest of the World?

Its been all over the news today - The Antarctic Continent is showing the effects of Global Warming. For more details click this link.
So what? I hear you cry - This is significant because until recently scientist had not observed any effects of Global Warming on this continent other than on the Antarctic Peninsula and about 90% of the Earth's Ice is located in Antarctica- swimming!

It is also a significant find as today saw the end of the International Polar Year - for more details on this click this link.

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