Friday, July 26, 2013

Good morning,

Is it global climate change, or something else? Whatever it is, something is definitely going on. The evidence keeps building up, like the dramatic ice melt going on at the North Pole.

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Startling footage from the North Pole, showing a lake where dense ice should be, has left people shocked.

According to LiveScience the water in the newly formed lake comes entirely from melted ice and not from the water below. Water picks up more radiation from the sun than solid ice, and area is getting even warmer due to warmer temperatures. The north pole saw temperatures two to five degrees warmer than average this year.

The first two weeks of July ice coverage declined 61 percent faster than the average rate over the past three decades.