2010Feb5: The cost of the Arctic’s rapid ice melt will be $2.4 trillion by 2050 as the region loses its ability to cool the global climate, according to Pew Environment Group’s Oceans North “An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere” report (Pew Charitable Trusts).
Reference: Pew Environment Group http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=57159
Read the Report http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=57161
Image Description: Ice photo from NOAA ship. From Miller Freeman website. Image Location: NOAA Photo Library http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/images/noaa-ship-pics/ceaurex1.jpg Image Permission: This image is a work of a United States federal employee, taken or made during the course of an employee’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
