Alarming report on global warming calls for action

An international response is needed to address global warming, which is swiftly melting the Arctic ice cap.

THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Last updated: November 26th, 2004 12:17 PM (PST)

It’s now beyond scientific dispute that global warming is a real, not imagined, phenomenon. The most troubling part is that rising temperatures are melting the Arctic ice cap faster than previously estimated.

In a new report published by the Arctic Council, an international forum that includes the United States and other nations with arctic territories, researchers found that temperatures in the region have climbed by as much as 7 degrees over the last five decades. If the warming trend continues, about half the ice cap could be gone by the end of the century.

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