Findings - 10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List - NYTimes.com
8. The Arctic’s missing ice. The meltdown in the Arctic last summer was bad enough, but this spring there was worse news. A majority of experts expected even more melting this year, and some scientists created a media sensation by predicting that even the North Pole would be ice-free by the end of summer.
So far, though, there’s more ice than at this time last summer, and most experts are no longer expecting a new record. You can still fret about long-term trends in the Arctic, but you can set aside one worry: This summer it looks as if Santa can still have his drinks on the rocks.
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You wouldn't know it from reading the CBC website: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/29/iceshelf-fracture.html.
Of course, alarmist David Suzuki had a TV show on there for years (The Nature of Things)...
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