The Arctic and Antarctic Regions are under intense scrutiny right now as the areas of the earth most susceptible to climate change. Despite many protestations to the contrary, many scientists simply cannot comprehend what changes are actually happening with regards to the earth's climate.
Watch the following video from UC Scripps Institute.
Also go to the link on this blog to the WHOI "Into the Dark and Ice Mission." Watch that video too. The two videos will give quite an interesting picture to this "gateway to the Arctic."
