Revealed: the secret evidence of global warming Bush tried to hide

By GottaLaff

UPDATE: Check this out.

The Ugly Bush Stain may be indelible this time.

My jaw just hit the floor... and then I staggered to a chair and collapsed. Just... read:

Graphic images that reveal the devastating impact of global warming in the Arctic have been released by the US military. The photographs, taken by spy satellites over the past decade, confirm that in recent years vast areas in high latitudes have lost their ice cover in summer months.

The pictures, kept secret by Washington during the presidency of George W Bush, were declassified by the White House last week. President Barack Obama is currently trying to galvanise Congress and the American public to take action to halt catastrophic climate change caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

One particularly striking set of images - selected from the 1,000 photographs released - includes views of the Alaskan port of Barrow. One, taken in July 2006, shows sea ice still nestling close to the shore. A second image shows that by the following July the coastal waters were entirely ice-free.

The photographs demonstrate starkly how global warming is changing the Arctic. More than a million square kilometres of sea ice - a record loss - were missing in the summer of 2007 compared with the previous year.

Nor has this loss shown any sign of recovery. [...]

The phenomenon threatens to set off runaway heating of the planet, say climatologists.The latest revelations have triggered warnings from scientists that they no longer have the funds to keep a comprehensive track of climate change. [...]

The Obama administration has already taken steps to tackle America's flagging scientific lead. The president's economic recovery plan allotted $170m (£100m) to help close the gaps in climate modelling. The NOAA is seeking an additional $390m in its 2010 budget to upgrade environmental satellites, and help make data more available to researchers and government officials.

See for yourself:

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I get frustrated with the ObamAdministration at times, but this is one area (among many others) where I support him 1000%. He gets it.

And BushCo, once again, has put all of our lives in danger.