Well folks, it's been nice knowing ya.

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But basically, we're fucked. (You'll need realplayer to watch the video. Text version here.)

Short version:


Graphics from another news article, here.

Perrenial ice is meant to STAY THERE.
Over the past few decades, it has shrunk by about 0.7% per year.
NASA imagery has revealed that between 2005 & 2006, it shrank by 14.0%

edit: Oh yeah, and this.

So, yeah.
We're fucked.