// June 28th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Editorial
It was reported by The Independant on Friday, 27 June, 2008 that the ice at the North Pole is melting at such a rate that it might be possible to sail directly to the pole during the warmer months. The paper reports this as being the outcome of Global Warming™, and I agree, but not for the same reasons.
While some scientists believe that the earth is warming ever so slightly as a result of mankind’s influence on the environment, others don’t believe mankind is affecting the planet at all, or at least not enough to make a catastrophic impact.
Unfortunately, the Global Warming™ doomsayers are right. Global Warming™ is impacting the planet, in a big way. Just as animals will migrate to the north during the summer months and the elderly will migrate to Florida during the winter, so too has the polar ice been migrating as a result of Global Warming™. Look closely at this diagram provided by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). It shows the sad fact that the thickness of ice in the Northern Hemisphere has been averaging a decline over the last 30 years.
Now the First Law of Thermodynamics states that, “Matter and energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed in form.” If this is true, and it is, then that ice must be going somewhere. So, is it being changed in form into water? No, if that were true we would see a rise in the ocean levels that would make Katrina blush. So where has the ice been going? The following diagram shows where that ice has been going, to the South Pole!
While the ice thickness has been shrinking at the North Pole over the last thirty years, it has been growning at the South Pole, all thanks to Global Warming™.
So is Global Warming™ real? You bet your igloo it is! It’s warming up the top of the globe and making all of the icebergs (which are really quite put off by warm weather) move to the bottom of the globe.
Don’t cry for you Argentina? I won’t; the tears would freeze to my cheeks.
