Seattle Times (Thursday, March 11, 2010, p. B8):
Icebreaker docked in Seattle to be refitted for duty
The Coast Guard's top brass landed in Seattle on Wednesday to announce the refitting of an old icebreaker, along with the need to act in the face of global climate change. ...
Asked if the Coast Guard is operating on the premise that climate change is a certainty, [Adm. Thad] Allen said, "Well, you know I'm not a scientist, I'm a sailor. And the most PC way for me to say this is I'm agnostic to the science. There's water where there didn't use to be and I'm responsible for it.
"Certain things are undeniable. The Arctic ice cap is shrinking. The parameters of our oceans are changing. Temperature is changing. Salinity is changing. We have carbon dioxide that's entering the water column right now making carbonic acid that has a significant impact on shellfish and the food chain. These are all undeniable."
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