While most of us have yet to sense the extent of global warming’s immediate and more long-term effects on the planet’s physical geography, others - mostly in the northern regions of the world - have not been so fortunate. The record amount of sea ice lost in the Arctic Ocean over the past half-century has caused entire landscapes in Alaska and Canada to change dramatically - sometimes on a daily basis.
“There are trees and lawns in Nome now. I never thought I’d see trees growing on the tundra. Beavers are overrunning the area now that there is food for them. They are even in Barrow, north of the Arctic Circle,” said Patricia Cochran, the chair …Keep reading
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