Dr. James McClintock, a renowned University of Alabama-
Birmingham marine biologist who has conducted research in
Antarctica for more than 25 years, told me the following story.
"You work in a scientific lab in the quietest place on Earth -
Antarctica. "There's a crack! Boom! "You rush to the window of
your remote lab with a number of your fellow scientists, and you
witness a glacier 'calving' a chunk of ice the size of a house
into the water. Adrenaline permeates the room. "Ten years ago,
that exciting and incredible sight would happen about once a
week. It was an event. Something rare. "Today, at that same lab
in Antarctica, the calving glacial ice, the explosive sounds,
are a daily occurrence. "The scientists are almost 'ho-hum'
about it, barely lifting their heads to recognize the melting
ice.'' Such is life in a warming world. McClintock has spent
most of his life searching the ends of the earth for a cure for
cancer and other human diseases. In fact, his research team has
discovered marine species in the