Sweden, Jan. 14 -- The thick ice cap above the Antarctic continent will not disappear in our life time. It will continue to glisten disarmingly in the summer sun, its soft outlines concealing its unforgiving ferocity. But if we do nothing, it will disappear, over time. Sooner than later. This could spell catastrophe for life on Earth. Already there is convincing evidence of something unusual happening. Large chunks of the glaziers are breaking and floating away and the mammoth Antarctic glaziers are in observable retreat.
While some argue that climate change is not essentially anthropogenic, some with tremendous decision making power have even equated it to the weather, the majority in the scientific community takes a different view. They ...