Polar scientists reveal dramatic new evidence of climate changeFriday, 27 June 2008: It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic – and worrying – examples of the impact of global warming on the planet. Scientists say the ice at 90 degrees north may well have melted away by the summer. More >>>
The question for South Asia is what effect will the warming of the Arctic have on Monsoon patterns? One can also question what this will do to temperatures in the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges and hence the retention of snow mass? Editor.
