Just a quick note...The IPCC has been using a forecasting model pertaining to polar ice sheets for a while and this has sort of informed where we might be in say 2040 when they think the ice sheets will disappear. More recent data suggests otherwise. The line is painted towards more of a 2011-2012 sort of date.
When the icecap is gone, it will unleash some seriously volatile weather.
From what I've been told, it may mean the gulf stream stops altogether, in which case there might even be a cold snap so hard it's an ice age in the Northern Hemisphere. While I wouldn't want to peddle panic, it is clear that what we've been doing to curb the trend in the last decade is nowhere near enough. That responsibility rests squarely with the governments of the past decade.
Yes, even you, John Howard.
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