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**QiuCIOdO** · 08-16-2007, 02:26 AM

Originally posted by Arrian

It isn't necessarily proof of the cause of the warming - which is where I assumed Odin was going with this. Actually, no. Even if the arctic ice cap melted for totally natural reasons it would still NOT be a good thing. For one thing it will shift the Intertropical Convergence Zone (the climatic equator) northwards significantly (it already is around 5 degrees north because the impact of the Antarctic cap is greater then the Arctic cap), screwing with tropical rain patterns. Plus it will mean the extinction of creatures like polar bears and seals that depend on the arctic cap for thier survival.

08-16-2007, 02:26 AM	#29
QiuCIOdO Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	Originally posted by Arrian It isn't necessarily proof of the cause of the warming - which is where I assumed Odin was going with this. Actually, no. Even if the arctic ice cap melted for totally natural reasons it would still NOT be a good thing. For one thing it will shift the Intertropical Convergence Zone (the climatic equator) northwards significantly (it already is around 5 degrees north because the impact of the Antarctic cap is greater then the Arctic cap), screwing with tropical rain patterns. Plus it will mean the extinction of creatures like polar bears and seals that depend on the arctic cap for thier survival.
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