NOVA | Extreme Ice Project

Remarkable time-lapse footage by James Balog, one of the worlds foremost nature photographers, reveals massive glaciers and ice sheets splitting apart, collapsing, and disappearing at a rate that has more and more scientists alarmed. NOVA investigates this latest evidence of a radically warming planet on Extreme Ice, a NOVA National Geographic Television special, premiering Tuesday, March 24 at 8pm ET/PT on PBS (check local listings).

To learn more please check us out online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/extremeice/

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[rotatingwah]

incredible.....incredibly sad....

[im4wur]

That's why the annual maximum and minimums levels are the issues.

For instance, from the National Snow and Ice Data Center: nsidc. org/data/seaice_index/images/d­aily_images/N_timeseries. png

[Sara3346]

I'm watching this right now unless you don't have a tv you don't have any exuse...

[rpskiman83]

This reminds me of the tear-shedding Indian back in the 70's. There have been 5-plus ice ages over the past 2 million years. How did those events begin and end? Warming and cooling is a NATURAL phenomena. Homo sapiens would not exsist if it weren't for Global warming. Only self obsorbed narcissist types think that driving to the store in an 8-cylinder truck will bring an end to the world. People been predicting the end since Revelations. They were wrong then. They are wrong now. Relax a little

[WaxItYourself]

@sacredlyprofane1 The CO2 rise today is specifically attributable to human emissions. Atmospheric CO2 is rising at a rate of roughly 15gt per year. Human emissions account for more than 30gt per year. Are you really that idiotic and blinded to admit that the current rise in CO2 isn't natural? CO2 is released by the ocean during warming periods. Today the ocean is not releasing CO2 but is instead taking it up at a greater amount. That si why the ocean is losing alkalinity.

[pinewoodsparrow]

Melt, freeze, melt, freeze..... just like it's been doing for the last 6,000 years. Enough already!

[rugbyguy59]

Saddest thing is the idiots who are denying fact and blocking action will all be dead before the worst is seen.

[odiiiHi]

@im4wur yup yup, now we are talking about some serious BS.

[msneverquit]

Incredible ignorance on the part of the world's people who do not believe a radical CHANGE is necessary! I would love to believe that too, but working with the ocean and seeing the changes, we must take it for granted that we're headed for disaster. Change to clean transportation before disaster strikes. Call if whatever but nobody profits by ignorance of global warming clues and scientific evidence.

[sacredlyprofane1]

Stunningly, there are 25% of the population that can be fooled into believeing this political hoax. The public attention we are to give to global warming is all on carbon dioxide emissions, but what Al Gore failed to interprete in his CO2 vs. temp. graph is that CO2 actually rises AFTER temperature does, and he refuses to acknowledge this FACT. Public can be easily fooled by statistics, and some of them are far from scientific facts. Real experts' voices have been deliberately suppressed.

[msneverquit]

Remarkably, a survey of U.S. citizens reports that less than 1 in 4 believe that climate change is an issue the requires the public's attention. That would suggest that about 2 in 4 do not "believe" in science or statistical verification that we are in a warming state of change. Directly addresses the average U.S. citizen majority who believe that prayer is the best method to deal with Global Warming. Another large percentage believe that GORE is monetarily profiting and lying about the issue.

[Theronguardaaah]

Well you first. We just need to get the oil companies out of the economic and governmental control thats all after that we will change to renewable resource power. It'll take time but thoes oil companies can only buy theirs and soon they won't be able to hold un to the US anymore and the rest of the world will follow because the civilized world is the leader in an uncivilized world(im talking about britian germany and japan(kinda japan they need restrictions on the overfishing).