Arctic expert warns global warming is speeding up

2SER's Razors Edge

A recent paper has predicted the final collapse of Arctic sea ice may be a mere four years away. Author of the paper, Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University is one of the world's leading experts on climate change and Artic sea ice. His paper explains that a global disaster is now unfolding in northern latitudes of the planet as the sea area that freezes and melts each year shrinks to its lowest extent ever recorded. He warns that climate change is no longer something we can aim to conquer in a few decades' time. His paper raises the importance of not only reducing CO2 emissions, but of the need to consider new approaches to tackling global warming. Professor Wadhams spoke with 2ser’s Rory O’Gorman