Melting Arctic ice alarming

(In the News):  An "alarming" downward trend in summer sea ice in the Artic has led the WWF to predict there will be less ice this winter than during any other year. In response the conservation organisation is calling on the government to take note; reducing carbon emissions accordingly. Dr Martin Sommerkorn, senior climate change advisor at WWF International’s arctic programme said WWF was expecting 2008 to be the lowest or the second-lowest year in terms of summer ice coverage. Go to article