ClydeR
08-08-2014, 08:48 PM
The Gulf of Boothia is a tall, narrow section of the Northwest Passage—the long-sought sea route through the Arctic Ocean—that resembles a Chinese dragon diving down into the Canadian north. For most of Canada’s history, and thousands of years before, it was bound in Arctic pack ice: impassable. Over the past fifteen years, that has changed. Ice clearances in the gulf can now last for eight weeks or longer, from August to October.
To the scientific community, that’s another drop in the ocean of evidence for climate change. To one Canadian telecom startup, however, it’s a chance for an unprecedented, hugely complex business venture: to connect London and Tokyo directly via fiber optic cable.
More... (http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/how-one-company-is-building-an-internet-connection-through-t)
I don't concede that we are having global warming, but if we were it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. It depends on whether your glass is half empty or half full. If you have a glass of ice water and the ice melts, does your glass overflow? No.
To the scientific community, that’s another drop in the ocean of evidence for climate change. To one Canadian telecom startup, however, it’s a chance for an unprecedented, hugely complex business venture: to connect London and Tokyo directly via fiber optic cable.
More... (http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/how-one-company-is-building-an-internet-connection-through-t)
I don't concede that we are having global warming, but if we were it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. It depends on whether your glass is half empty or half full. If you have a glass of ice water and the ice melts, does your glass overflow? No.