Arctic Sea Ice Still at Lowest Extent Ever
The usual concern for Arctic sea ice crops up in the summertime, when the frightening ice decline results in more open water, and therefore a greater capacity for the dark Arctic Ocean to absorb the...
View ArticleThe Annual Arctic Sea Ice Drama Begins
In my last post, I discussed how the increasing risk of devastating heat waves—unlike the worsening of tornadoes—is definitely a phenomenon we can link to global warming. And now, as summer plods on,...
View ArticleNew Record or Not, the Arctic Sea Ice Alarm Bells Keep Ringing
Last week, the National Snow and Ice Data Center came out with the estimate that we did not quite set a record for the minimum extent of Arctic sea this year. Rather, 2011 seems to have come in a...
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