Scientists warned about this before it started, long before it started. Shipping across the top of the world will remove 'Earth's whitest snow' and the reflectivity of solar rays and heat back into space. The IPCC has to demand the prohibition of this use of Arctic waters. There are also threantened species that will be facing extinction. There is an entire ecosystem within that ice and under the ice that will alter the balance of the oceans. This is complete stupidity on the part of those that will seek to use the reduced sea ice as a shipping route.
Increased shipping likely to accelerate climate change as Arctic warms (click title to entry - thank you)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 16:00 [IST
Washington, Oct 26 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that as the ice-capped Arctic Ocean warms, ship traffic will increase at the top of the world.
And if the sea ice continues to decline, a new route connecting international trading partners may emerge - but not without significant repercussions to climate, says a U.S. and Canadian research team that included a University of Delaware scientist.
Growing Arctic ship traffic will bring with it air pollution that has the potential to accelerte climate change in the world's nothern reaches. And it's more than a greenhouse gas problem -- engine exhausted particles could increase warming by some 17-78 percent, the reseachers say...
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