On Thursday, Oct. 11 we saw Al Gore speak in Cupertino. He gave a shortened and updated version of "the slideshow" from An Inconvenient Truth. The most chilling new slide was one that showed the degree of melting of the Arctic ice cap this September. Normally, the ice cap shrinks to a size about equal to the lower 48 states. This summer it shrank to a size equal to the lower 48 west of the Mississippi.
Based on this, scientists now project the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in summer by 2030, not 2050 as they had projected only a few months ago.
The next morning we awoke to the news that Mr. Gore had won the Nobel Peace Prize. I hope the Supreme Court doesn't step in to take it away from him.
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