
Posted by madam doom (we love iran) on September 20, 2009, 15:14:32, in reply to "Major geekiness"
new york times
a coveted passage
by andrew e. kramer and andrew c. revkin
moscow
for hundreds of years, mariners have dreamed of an arctic shortcut that would allow them to speed trade between asia and the west.
two german ships are navigating that transit for the first time this month, aided by the retreat of of arctic [sea] ice that scientists have linked to global warming...
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/greenpeace-admits-bbc-got-it-wrong-about-arctic-sea-ice-melting-20090820


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