09:13:35 am, by Bill O'Connor 
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According to this article, a huge lake covering 38,000 square miles has formed in the Beaufort Sea - part of the Artic Ocean. These lakes, known by their Russian name as a "polynya", are common occurences and form by melting themselves out of the sea ice that surrounds them.
What makes this polynya unique is it's massive size (larger than the state of Indiana), the time it took for it to form (only six weeks), and the fact that it has formed on multiyear perennial ice. This week the polynya melted through part of the ice that surounded it, releasing it's fresh water content to the open ocean and forming an open bay in the northern polar ice cap.
More information about sea ice and it's importance in the scheme of global climate can be found at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Man's impact on the global climate is the biggest danger that the human race faces today. We as a species have to overcome many preconceived notions to face this dilemma and we should know a few things about our enemy. The climate sees no borders, and does not discriminate based on politcal beliefs, religion, skin color, or sexuality, and will surely affect all of us in ways that we cannot imagine in the years to come.
Thing are happening on this planet right now that have dire consequences of for all humans. Accelerating Polar Ice Melt, the deforestation of the Amazon Basin and other large tropical forests, rising sea surface temperatures, massive coral die-offs, droughts, floods and stronger hurricanes are all interconnected and seem to be spinning out of control. For us to really make a difference in our affect on Global Climate Change, we are all going to have to work together as a species.
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