*Ø* Blogmanac | Arctic meltdown signals global catastrophe

"Global warming is hitting the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet in what may be a portent of wider, catastrophic changes, the chairman of an eight-nation study said today.

"Inuit hunters are falling more frequently through the thinning ice with habitats for plants and animals also disrupted. The icy Hudson Bay in Canada could be uninhabitable for polar bears within just 20 years ..."
Source: The Age

Thanx Glenlightened for this one.