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[Sep. 7th, 2005|07:18 am] |
NASA's Earth Observatory newswire just reported that this year's Arctic Sea Ice is clocking in aruond 15% lower than normal. A new low. (and that's 15% averaged out over the whole space... those dark brownish areas are 50% below normal). I remember a conversation with an old bandmate who loved the images of "dead machines and post industrial detrius," i do see some of the haunting allure, as in the image above, but wish we were spared the beauty.
...as an aside; while the browns signify a 50% decrease in sea ice, and the overall trend is for it to disappear. You might also take note that white = no change and blue is up to 50% increase in ice. And especially around the western side of Greenland, where it's been noted that a glacier is now growing at speeds up upward of 12Km a year(!) there is no brown. For me anyway, this little spot (home to Santa) is ground-zero four the ice age we are now beginning. Just my own opinion, maybe... |
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