I found a recent article on MSNBC about the rapid melting of icecaps.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14681922/

The world is definitely heading toward much warmer temperature. I also notice the winter temperature in canada has risen several degrees over last 20yrs. There is much less snow in Canada than previous decade. If I want to see lots of pure white snow, I would have to drive far upnorth 8hrs from Toronto.