http://www.projectsurvivalmedia.org/protect-the-poles-protect-the-planet/ Survival is the issue. Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:29:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.projectsurvivalmedia.org/protect-the-poles-protect-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-16 JimmyTH Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:57:56 +0000 http://www.projectsurvivalmedia.org/?p=491#comment-16 How anyone can be aware of the changes in the polar regions and not be shocked and concerned for the future is beyond me, but I know lots of people who think it's unimportant because the poles are far away and not many people live there. The polar regions may not drive the world's weather systems but they certainly affect us powerfully. It's more than a warning about what could happen elsewhere, melting polar ice caps are probably enough by themselves to create disasters everybody will notice. Just takes some time to trickle down. How anyone can be aware of the changes in the polar regions and not be shocked and concerned for the future is beyond me, but I know lots of people who think it’s unimportant because the poles are far away and not many people live there. The polar regions may not drive the world’s weather systems but they certainly affect us powerfully. It’s more than a warning about what could happen elsewhere, melting polar ice caps are probably enough by themselves to create disasters everybody will notice. Just takes some time to trickle down.

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