SOURCE: CBC News
DATE: November 20, 2017
SNIP: An international summary of five year’s worth of research on Arctic climate change concludes the top of the world is getting warmer faster than anyone thought.
And if it all sounds interesting but a little far removed from southern concerns, David Barber has news for you.
“There are very clear linkages there and they’ve been occurring consistently for the last 10, 15 years,” said Barber, one of Canada’s top ice scientists and a prominent contributor to the report.
“Most people don’t understand how bad it is.”
Climate change in the Arctic is well underway and can’t be stopped.
“We should have started 20 years ago,” Barber said. “We didn’t get our act together and we’re still dicking around trying to figure out how to price carbon.
“These things are costing us. And they’re costing the stability of our planet.”