Global Warming Sprouts New Tourism Niche

I JUST read something smiler; very intriguing;

From September 3 to September 9, researchers say 69,000 square miles of Arctic ice disappeared, roughly the size of the Sunshine State.

Full article from ABC news HeRe

GLOBAL WARMING SPROUTS NEW TOURISM NICHE
Global warming has given rise to a new niche in the booming eco-tourism business: climate tourists. These visitors seek out places where a long-term warming trend -- subject of a global summit hosted by the United Nations this week -- is starting to have a discernible impact. Yet some say there's a big irony in this kind of travel: Any trip by train, plane or cruise ship pumps carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and potentially contributes to the warming of the planet. "What's the point of your trip to the Maldives if the end result is that it will be drowned" because emissions from eco-tourists' jets contribute to global warming and rising seas, says Jeff Gazzard of Aviation Environmental Federation, a United Kingdom group fighting to curtail airplane emissions. The Maldives, a string of islands in the Indian Ocean, sit about three feet above sea level and are at risk if warming effects raise ocean levels. More than 1.5 million tourists now visit the arctic each year, up from one million in the early 1990s, according to the U.N. Longer and warmer summers keep arctic seas freer of ice flows, so cruise ships can visit places that were once inaccessible -- raising other environmental concerns. (Wall Street Journal)