there is something on the order of 60% of the polar icecap left. and it isn't -- 2007 was the worst year in history for the polar icecap. 2008 was a little better. you can't use that to say, ha, ha, global warming isn't really happening because there was more ice in -- 2009 was, also, a really bad year. so i think we're down to somewhere in the neighborhood of 60% and declining. >> hi. besides, you know, contacting our politicians and donating money to certain causes, what advice can you give to the people who will live past this time to do something here and now? >> the only advice i can give you, i'd like to be able to tell you to send money to somebody and fund the national resources dependence council and other groups, all these people are fighting for the preservation of animals and habitats of all kinds. the best advice i think i can give you is to accept the concept that things change, that we will lose rain forests and icecaps and coral reefs, we're losing them now. the fact is that a lot of these areas, rain forests, coral reefs, certainly

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