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On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:14:41 -0500, AlleyCat wrote:

> 
> If you can't say, "North Pole WILL Be Ice Free In 2008", don't say it at
> all. Model's predictions have ALWAYS been wrong.
> 
> North Pole Could Be Ice Free in 2008 Scientists are preparing for the
> possibility of a watery North Pole.
> 
> By ABC News April 25, 2008, 5:48 PM
> 
> You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse
> of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the
> first time, Arctic scientists are preparing for that possibility.
> 
> "The set-up for this summer is disturbing," says Mark Serreze, of the US
> National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). A number of factors have this
> year led to most of the Arctic ice being thin and vulnerable as it enters
> its summer melting season.
> 
> In September 2007, Arctic sea ice reached a record low, opening up the
> fabled North-West passage that runs from Greenland to Alaska.
> 
> The ice expanded again over the winter and in March 2008 covered a greater
> area than it had in March 2007. Although this was billed as good news in
> many media sources, the trend since 1978 is on the decline.
> 
> Young and Thin
> 
> Arctic ice at its maximum in March, but that maximum is declining by
> 44,000 km2 per year on average, the NSIDC has calculated (see graph, top
> right). That corresponds to an area roughly twice the size of New Jersey.
> 
> What is more, the extent of the ice is only half the picture. Satellite
> images show that most of the Arctic ice at the moment is thin, young ice
> that has only been around since last autumn (see picture, right).

Ya know, you really ought to read what you post sometime.
Granted it's only the first step to comprehension of these 
matters, but it's a Big One.

Dhu

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 C'est une esp`ece de sauvage: ne obliviscaris, vix ea nostra voco;-) 
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