The Reality of Global Warming and the Northwest Passage

Does anyone wonder what caused the Northwest Passageway to become passable? Isn't anyone afraid of what that means? I am no scientist but it has to be linked to global warming. Every news station reports how the event opens the way for countries to war over the oil under the sea and how it opens a quicker route for trade. I have yet to hear how that traffic would effect the seas or the North Atlantic current. I decided to search online for other conclusions or news on the event; hopefully to ease my mind.

On the life science website, I found what I was fearful of. The meltdown is indeed due to global warming and that the artic ice is at the lowest levels in the thirty years scientist have been studying it. Not only that but the passages opening has happened decades ahead of what they expected. Scary! What happened to way in the future? What we are doing is accelerating the Arctic's natural process of melting and global warming is shortening the winter in the artic. This process will quickly make the passage free of ice leaving the natural eco-system of the artic extinct. What about the polar bears and penguins? Are we soon going to find ourselves only looking at those animals in a zoo?

I continue my search only to find that the mainstream world is to busy debating over who owns what to address the cause of the opening to begin with. At USA Today , Canada and the United states are battling over who controls the route to begin with and Canada and Denmark battle over an island that is only the size if a football field. Hello, what is wrong with politicians here? GLOBAL WARMING, Duh!!! Let's finally address this issue. What comes next? All of the scientist say it is accelerating and the governments say fewy. They see dollar signs while life as we know it could be coming to a quick end.

One thing is for sure fossil fuels are definitely accelerating the rate at which artic ice is melting. If you want to know the truth about the Northwest passage visit the PBS website. On this site you can read a summary on the television program about the same thing. There are pictures and a link to the Northwest Passage home page. The opening of this passage and the melting of the ice, put not only animals but the Inuit people on the verge of extinction. Another culture gone, because of greedy power countries that want to control the fossil fuels. I would advise reading this site.

We need to take steps to train ourselves, to cut down on our impact on the environment. Watch Al Gore's movie and see for yourself the realty of global warming. We can make a difference. Plant trees, recycle, reduce, reuse, and find ways to make everything you do less harmful to the earth. There are websites that can help you learn to do what is right; Green living, Rainforest, and EIC International are a few. The one thing I do know is: we may shift taking action on the back burner until it is to late. Care about what is happening with the Inuit's and the artic before their threat is beyond repair and we find ourselves facing the " if only" reality.