This is also happening in the Arctic… so much so, that it is said to account in part for the massive loss of perennial ice in the Arctic that took place in 2007. The Arctic is the canary in the coalmine regarding climate change/global warming, not a few inches of snow in Dc. It is simply ignorant to say global warming does not exist based on snow falling outside your window without looking beyond it. Sea ice extent in the Arctic is refreezing at a much slower rate; pereninial thicker ice is disappearing, thus giving way to thinner ice which then allows the water below the surface to warm, thus causing faster melting, thus causing less sun to be reflected back, thus also affecting the ocean conveyor belt which could be partly responsible for the cold weather and snowfall being experienced in Europe and on the Eastern seaboard. To see this now happening in Antarctica should indeed make us aware of the message this is bringing. Also, in the summer of 2003, France also had a heatwave that killed over 30,000 people. EXTREMES in temperature are a harbinger of climate change, and they are now much more prevalent. It isn't hard too see the reality and connect the dots. But of course, those with an ideological agenda or who are paid to have one will never admit to the reality of what is now going on. Those of us who do must get beyond the rhetoric now. The ice caps will not wait. added by: JanforGore
