Arctic Sea Ice Melt

Image from http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png



This isn't good. 2007 was a record low amount of ice cover (dotted line) and this year the ice cover is even lower.

We are a party with policies on nearly every area, but we came into existence to do something about the long term future for our society. On a day when the Independent reports that we are not really making any underlying dent on our CO2 emissions, it truly is a worrying future not just for generations unborn, but for all the people that share this planet today.

Bloggers Block?

[Hat tip to David Bartlett for the title]

I don't think so. Just a triple whammy of a sad death in my wife's family, an overwhelming amount of marking as students get their assignments in days before various deadlines and in the last week, a bit of the World Cup.

Normal service will be resumed soon.