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There was less sea ice in the Arctic on Friday than ever before on record, and the melting is continuing, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported.
Satellite measurements showed 2.02 million square miles of ice in the Arctic, falling below the Sept. 21, 2005, record minimum of 2.05 million square miles, the agency said.
Ice in the Canadian Archipelago is also quite low. Along the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean, sea ice extent is not as unusually low, but there is still less than normal, according to the center located in Boulder, Colo.
Scientists began monitoring the extent of Arctic sea ice in the 1970s when satellite images became available.
The center said this led to an unusually high amount of solar energy being pumped onto the Arctic ice surface, accelerating the melting process. Fairly strong winds also brought in some warm air from the south.
"It is very strong evidence that we are starting to see an effect of greenhouse warming," he said.
Several years ago he would have predicted a complete melt of Arctic sea ice in summer would occur by the year 2070 to 2100, Serreze said. But at the rates now occurring, a complete melt could happen by 2030, he said Friday. |
http://www.columbian.com/lifeHome/lifeHomeNews/08192007news185540.cfm
Shall I go and see it before it melts completely? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Red Leon, Quite right. Furthermore they have omitted to mention the rising sea level or have they just re-invented Archimedes, because they seemed to have been ignoring it for a long time.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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From the article cited by BernardC,
"I know of two islands that appeared in the north of Svalbard this summer. They haven't been claimed yet,"
Would it not be better to look on this in a positive light? Instead of doom and gloom about climate change could the headline not read "Real Estate Opportunities Open up in Arctic Circle"?
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