VIEWPOINTS: In climate change discussion, follow the scientists | al.com
Renowned UAB marine biologist James McClintock, who has conducted research in Antarctica for more than 25 years, told me the following story:
"You work in a scientific lab in the quietest place on Earth -- Antarctica.
"There's a crack! Boom!
"You rush to the window of your remote lab with a number of your fellow scientists, and you witness a glacier 'calving' a chunk of ice the size of a house into the water. Adrenaline permeates the room.
"Ten years ago, that exciting and incredible sight would happen about once a week. It was an event. Something rare.
"Today, at that same lab in Antarctica, the calving glacial ice, the explosive sounds, are a daily occurrence..."
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