大氣遽變 Arctic ice at second-lowest level ever CNN 2008/08/27 v v v Satellite measurements show sea ice in Arctic Ocean at second lowest level Ice down to 2. 03 million square miles Arctic ice always melts in summer and refreezes in winter. But over the years, more and more of the ice is lost to the sea and not recovered in winter
大氣遽變 v v CNN 2008/09/03 4500 -year-old Markham Ice Shelf in Canada separated in early august Nineteen-square-mile shelf is now adrift in the Arctic Ocean Summer’s ice shelf loss equivalent to three times the area of Manhattan Ecosystems that depend on ice shelves are on brink of extinction
大氣遽變—物種滅絕 v v v International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)調 查 全球有5487種哺 乳動物 現有22%,近 1/4 哺乳動物頻臨絕 種 CNN 2008/09/06
大氣遽變—海地水災 v v v CNN 2008/09/09 Desperation grows as flooded Haiti city Gonaives cut off from rest of country by flooded road, washed-out bridges At least 341 people have died in four storms in Haiti
氣候暖化 地貌已變 Glaciers in the Alps near Matterhom 中時2009/3/26