Eco-Economy Indicator – ICE MELT
Copyright Earth Policy Institute 2005
February 24, 2005
Eco-Economy Indicators are the twelve trends that the Earth Policy
Institute tracks to measure progress in the building of an eco-economy.
This fifth updated Eco-Economy Indicator is on ice melting, one of the
most visible indicators of climate change.
ICE MELTING EVERYWHERE
Danielle Murray
Ice is melting everywhere—and at an accelerating rate. Rising global
temperatures are lengthening melting seasons, thawing frozen ground, and
thinning ice caps and glaciers that in some cases have existed for
millennia. These changes are raising sea level faster than earlier
projected by scientists, and threatening both human and wildlife
populations…
For entire text see http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Ice/2005.htm
For data see http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Ice/Ice_data.htm
For an index of Earth Policy Institute resources related to Ice Melt see
http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Ice/index.htm
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