5.. Don’t get this post wrong. We’re not suggesting that global warming is going to be all puppies and rainbows. In fact we even wrote a post about the 20 deadliest global warming effects. Climate change is a serious issue with potentially disastrous consequences for the entire human race. Before anyone gets all bent out of shape, I’ll mention that EG is still recycling, saving energy, and riding the bus to work. This isn’t an attempt to promote an environmentally unfriendly lifestyle, just a tongue in cheek attempt to escape climate change’s doom and gloom for a few minutes and indulge in a look at the hopeful and misguided side of global warming.
Without further ado, here are the top 5 alleged “positive” effects of global warming. Day After Tomorrow - Trailer. Arctic ice reaches record low as it shrink to just HALF the size it was in the 1980s. Ice cap at the North Pole measured just 1.32 million square miles on SundayExperts warn we are 'in uncharted territory' By Mark Prigg Published: 10:36 GMT, 20 September 2012 | Updated: 12:39 GMT, 20 September 2012 In a critical climate indicator showing an ever warming world, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean has shrunk to an all time low.
The shocking new figures reveal the ice has halved in size since the 1980s. 'We are now in uncharted territory,' said snow and ice data center director Mark Serreze. Scroll down for video New images Nasa show reveal the full extent of Arctic ice shrinkage, showing a new record low compared to the average minimum extent over the past 30 years (in yellow). 'While we’ve long known that as the planet warms up, changes would be seen first and be most pronounced in the Arctic, few of us were prepared for how rapidly the changes would actually occur.' Records go back to 1979 based on satellite tracking. Now it is about half that. The U.S. Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis. Arctic sea ice shrinks to lowest level on record: US.