Joni Mitchell's sang "We are stardust, billion year old carbon, we are golden, caught in the devil's bargain and we've got to".....? The question is, if we are stardust, why do we stay caught?
Based on 33 second video of illustration showing extent of arctic ice every month from 1981 through 2011 originally found on Polar Bear International website. The ice looks like a beating heart getting smaller as you watch. 2011 is tiny strip at bottom.