International

What if?

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By Ian Poulton | Category: International

It is human nature to believe we are masters of our own fate; that there is no situation that we cannot change.

It’s over two years now since the Irish Times carried a report from The Journal of Glaciology on the causes of the collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica in 2002.

The demise of the ice shelf has been cited as a significant indicator of climate change, and so it appears to be; but the story is not as simple as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…