We at IEDRO want to provide the latest scientific findings regarding the planet and our climate. We will do a series that discuss findings that have been found regarding the climate change on a global basis and of man’s activities on these changes. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates and integrates federal research […]
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Why the polar ice caps are melting faster
November 14, 2009
By Anita Dotson The area at the poles is melting faster than the global average. The Arctic is warming twice as fast and the Antarctic Peninsula is warming five times faster than the rest of the planet. The temperature in the air above the Antarctic continent has increased three times faster than the rest of […]