Sunday, September 16, 2012

Arctic Ice half that of 40 years ago

Arctic sea ice shrinks to smallest extent ever recorded.
Rate of summer ice melt smashes two previous record lows and prompts warnings of accelerated climate change. John Vidal and Adam Vaughan guardian.co.uk

In a related article, "Is there even less Arctic sea ice than the satellites show?"  Vidal reports that "Only 350 miles from the north pole, possibly 50% of the sea is covered in ice, yet data says there is ice cover at this latitude."
  For the complete articles, see the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/14/arctic-sea-ice-smallest-extent

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