Melting Polar Ice Caps a "Ticking Timebomb" for Earth's Climate System

Click here if you wish to access the source posting of this video which includes the transcript. The 15:26m video features an interview with scientist Peter Wadhams and journalist Dahr Jamail on Real News Network.

A recent study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, has found that a section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting at an alarming rate and could raise global sea levels by up to four feet. Meanwhile, the Arctic is also showing the strain of global warming, with an ice-free Arctic summer predicted by 2016, according to research by the U.S. Navy. This research comes as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that April 2014 ranked as the hottest April on record, tying with April 2010. It also follows the recent release of the National Climate Assessment that says that signs of climate change are all around us.

With us to discuss why the melting polar ice caps could spell the end not just for penguins and polar bears but for mankind are our two guests.