Meltdown for Millions

I've always wanted to journey to Greenland aboard a ski-equipped LC-130 with scientists from the Stratton National Guard. The Guard is only a few miles from where I live and they own a year-round research station funded in part by the National Science Foundation that perform daily atmospheric testing. Instead I've landed a chance to write about it for GoNomad come this August! Witnessing the last vestiges of glaciers splinter into the sea with thunderous fury will no doubt make for amazing footage but seeing the consequences of global warming will cause me even greater consternation than I already have. Times Union writer, Paul Grondahl, took a trip to Greenland last week to witness the more immediate effects of climate change like disappearing polar bears, Inuit traditions and icebergs floating dangerously close to fishing ports. He writes that "If the entire Greenland ice cap melted - which is unlikely with the next several hundred years - sea levels could rise by as much as 21 feet...displacing millions of people." This is scary stuff and likely to continue until our government (as wells as China, Russia, India and Australia) wake up and smell the coal, gas and diesel fumes themselves.