Record Arctic Temps Despite Decreasing Sunlight
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Arctic Ice Flow (courtesty of NOAA)
Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research will publish in tomorrow’s edition of the journal Science that the last 10 years have been the warmest 10-year period in the arctic compared to any withing the last 2000 years. The main culprit? Greenhouse gases. All this comes on top of a 21,000 year old cycle caused to a wobble in the earth’s rotation that has, for the last 8,000 years, put less sunlight onto the arctic than otherwise (think of a top that spins and wobbles). Eventually, within a few thousand years, the cycle will reverse, leading to an increase in sunlight in the arctic region, potentially exasperating the problem of already warmer temperatures.
Evidently, Cash for Clunkers couldn’t have come at a better time.
Source: MSNBC