Daily Grist: arctic ice

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At 03:36 PM 10/4/06, you wrote:

>Nothing to Sea Here, Folks

>Arctic sea ice melts to second-lowest monthly minimum on record

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>Last month, sea ice in the Arctic melted to the second-lowest monthly

>minimum it has reached in 29 years of satellite measurements. The ice

>reached its record monthly minimum in September 2005; scientists at the

>National Snow and Ice Data Center say the monthly record likely would have

>been set in September of this year if August hadn't suddenly turned cool

>and stormy. NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve predicts, " At this rate, the

>Arctic Ocean will have no ice in September by the year 2060 " -- about a

>decade earlier than the most pessimistic previous estimates. Last year,

>Arctic ice was melting at a rate of 8 percent per decade; this year, it's

>8.6 percent per decade, or about 23 million square miles per year. (From

>1979 to 2001, the rate was 6.5 percent per decade.) Ice reflects sunlight,

>keeps water from warming, affects ocean salinity, and supports polar

>bears. Says NSIDC scientist Mark Serreze, " As greenhouse gases continue to

>rise, the Arctic will continue to lose its ice. You can't argue with the

>physics. " He's obviously never met a climate-change skeptic.

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>straight to the source: The Independent, Steve Connor, 04 Oct 2006

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>straight to the source: The Globe and Mail, Canadian Press, Bob Weber, 04

>Oct 2006

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>straight to the source: University of Colorado at Boulder, 03 Oct 2006

 

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