350 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF A RETREATING GLACIER

SEPTEMBER 11th, 2009

The arctic is sending us a clear message - climate change is occurring more rapidly than anyone ever imagined. This video made by the Extreme Ice Survey supporting 350.org dramatically illustrates the extent that the Mendenhall glacier near Juneau, Alaska retreated in 350 days.

350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis. Ahead of the Copenhagen climate talks this December 350.org are calling on people around the world to organize an action on October 24 incorporating the number 350 at an iconic place in their community. This event aims to send a clear message to world leaders:

“The solutions to climate change must be equitable, they must be grounded in science, and they must meet the scale of the crisis.”

350ppm (parts per million) is the threshold for safe levels of CO2 in the upper atmosphere. Once this number is exceeded irreversible damage begins to be done to the Earth’s climate. CO2 Levels have already reached 390ppm, the highest in recorded history, and are rising by 2ppm every year.

Summer levels of sea ice in the Arctic have decreased by an area five times the size of the UK between 1979 and 2007 and many experts now believe the Arctic will be completely free of summer ice between 2011 and 2015. It’s not too late to reverse the damage we are doing, join the global movement to reduce CO2 levels at www.350.org and send a message to Copenhagen.

Source: Do The Green Thing

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