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To: maceng2 who wrote (20436)	3/2/2002 10:11:54 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, it may be getting thinner up north, but the ice sheet is getting thicker down south.. rense.com And read the response below that article.. Interesting stuff that could definitely impact foreign relations (among eskimos.. :0) The Arctic has lost about 40% of its ice cover in recent years. If it continues to defrost at its current rate, within 50 years not only will a way of life will have disappeared for the Inuit, but geological changes will occur across most of North America. This will range from weather patterns, to higher coastal water levels and resulting loss of coastal communities. But what of the increasing ice depth at Antarctica? Certainly the strain of the increasing weight at one end of the globe, with the decreasing weight opposite, could at the very least destabilize Earth's orbit, perhaps causing it to wobble, causing massive pressure along fault lines around the globe. Ever read about how scientists have theorized that the earth's magnetic pole has changed directions every couple of million years (or so)? sigmaxi.org ask.yahoo.com windows.ucar.edu Hawk