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06-22-2008, 12:09 PM
The Local
Sweden's News In English
http://www.thelocal.se/articleImages/12580.jpg 'No concrete global warming proof in polar region'
Published: 21 Jun 08 13:03 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/12580/
Are the ices of the Arctic (http://www.thelocal.se/search.php?keywordSearch=Arctic) north about to melt away for good? Rami Abdelrahman gets the views of a range of Swedish researchers.
EXCERPT:
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria (http://www.thelocal.se/search.php?keywordSearch=Crown_Princess_Victoria) is one of a number of Scandinavian royals making for the Arctic archipelago on the Swedish ice-breaker Oden this weekend to participate in an event to coincide with and promote International Polar Year.
But will there even be a need for such ice-breaking vessels in years to come? Many commentators would have us believe that glaciers and ocean ice are about to go the way of the dodo.
Upon their arrival at Svalbard in Norway, however, the royals are likely to be informed by Swedish polar researchers that there is in fact very little concrete proof tying global warming to climate changes in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Some indeed argue that there is more change in today’s political rhetoric than there is in the environment.
Last year Sweden invested more than 33 million kronor ($5 million) on research in the Arctic region, which covers almost one quarter of the nation’s landmass. Most of the Swedish funding, according to many researchers, goes mainly toward surveying the effects of climate change on glaciers and wildlife.
MORE HERE (http://www.thelocal.se/12580/20080621/)
Sweden's News In English
http://www.thelocal.se/articleImages/12580.jpg 'No concrete global warming proof in polar region'
Published: 21 Jun 08 13:03 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/12580/
Are the ices of the Arctic (http://www.thelocal.se/search.php?keywordSearch=Arctic) north about to melt away for good? Rami Abdelrahman gets the views of a range of Swedish researchers.
EXCERPT:
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria (http://www.thelocal.se/search.php?keywordSearch=Crown_Princess_Victoria) is one of a number of Scandinavian royals making for the Arctic archipelago on the Swedish ice-breaker Oden this weekend to participate in an event to coincide with and promote International Polar Year.
But will there even be a need for such ice-breaking vessels in years to come? Many commentators would have us believe that glaciers and ocean ice are about to go the way of the dodo.
Upon their arrival at Svalbard in Norway, however, the royals are likely to be informed by Swedish polar researchers that there is in fact very little concrete proof tying global warming to climate changes in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Some indeed argue that there is more change in today’s political rhetoric than there is in the environment.
Last year Sweden invested more than 33 million kronor ($5 million) on research in the Arctic region, which covers almost one quarter of the nation’s landmass. Most of the Swedish funding, according to many researchers, goes mainly toward surveying the effects of climate change on glaciers and wildlife.
MORE HERE (http://www.thelocal.se/12580/20080621/)