but all across the country it's this is the wild world of ice car racing. think nascar on ice. so i've come to my homeota where i've heard that in the sleepy town of laporte, winter doesn't seem to be slow coming down to ice racing, activity. even if it's just to grill. >> reporter: every icy weekend, anyone with a car and a stomach for speed can the drivers revving their engines, there's just one woman. colette houston, known to friends and family as letty. she's among the top five this season. >> it's total girl power. you just feel like so -- i don't know, pumped up. >> how does it feel to have your wife be the only woman outk? >> actually makes me proud. she's the only woman that does it, pretty cool. gives me bragging husband ryan is a police officer. >> that's the lovely work free time on the ice. in these close quarters, doing some fishing -- >> here, fishyorter: or duking it out on the racetrack. >> follow right, follow right. other. >> yes. >> how's that? you workroubles >> we do. >> they make us start next to each other. i don't know if it's a game they play or they'r

. >>> the wild swings of the weather appear to be making ap of the world. scientists say sea ice surrounding the arctic circle is melting much faster than first thought. the missing ice winter is enough three times. don dahler has the story. >> reporter: the arctic ocean is 6 million square miles. most of it covered in ice. top of the world was up to 14 degrees above normal and broke the record for the lowest amount of ice in february. more than miles short. >> it's completely unprecedented. people who work up there, you know, go up to the arctic and goe around to measure these things are absolutely stunned. >> reporter: robert newton is an arctic researcher at columbia t's the dead of with winter there. it's well below freezing. it should be locked in with ice all the way across. but the ice is retreated even in wintertime. >> reporter: the shrinking sea ice could have a potentially disastrous effect on animals such as polar bears and seals to hunt and breathe. ice-free ocean absorb more heat and become up glacial melting and raising sea levels even more. >> ice is a great refle

1800 pandas alive in the wild, but they are still regarded as one of the most endangered bears in the world. >>> nasa has released a new photograph showing what appears to be icecientists believe the bright material on this image, could be frozen methane. they say what looks like snow-capped mountains stretch across an area slightly bigger than the u.s. state of alaska. much more news whenever you want it on our website, aljazeera.com. our colleagues from london will keep you going in the coming hours. we're back at the usual time tomorrow. see you then. ♪ >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. >> pushing the boundaries of science. >> we are on the tipping point. >> we can save species. >> it's the biggest question out there. >> it's a revolutionary approach. >> we are pushing the boundaries. >> techknow is going to blow your mind. >> our experts go inside the innovations, impacting you. >> this is the first time anybody's done this. >> i really feel my life changing.