Antarctica 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Global Warming’

What will the Antarctica with penguins? These elegant creatures that walk on the ice with a very swinging, and a short Pasitos funny. Experts
say possibly disappear in 30 years of the cold lands of the effect of global warming.According to the worst estimates, in less than four decades, the global average temperature could increase by 2 º C. Possibly a ridiculous figure for other stories, but this one, the penguins, the 2 is excessive.Experts say that this’ slight ‘increase will lead to the extinction to the emperor and Adelie penguins. By mid century. And time is passing. Fly.In Adena even dare to put date, a year to remember, 2042. And warns of the need for the international community to explore all possible ways to mitigate climate change and increase the resilience of the penguins with this problem.

Most of the concern for global warming has been focused on the Arctic Ocean, where sea ice is disappearing faster than scientists had predicted. The southern regions of the Earth didn’t seem to be as affected. But new satellite images from NASA’s QuikScat satellite are showing that Antarctica is melting too. Read the rest of this entry »

Mountain Hardwear athlete Jon Bowermaster and a small team of athletes, scientists, and documentary filmmakers traveled to Antarctica to launch the Antarctica 2008 expedition. Read the rest of this entry »