"World temperatures could surge in just two decades to a threshold
likely to trigger dangerous disruptions to the earth's climate, the
WWF environmental group said. It said the Arctic region was warming
fastest, threatening the livelihoods of indigenous hunters by thawing
the polar ice-cap and driving species like polar bears towards
extinction by the end of the century." Rueters (January 31, 2005) 1.
-- http://www.library.ca.gov/SITN/2005/0512.htm