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In reply to the discussion: North Pole Now a Lake [View all]hedgehog
(36,286 posts)8. I believe the writer reversed the data -
The apparent low point for 2012 was reached Sunday, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, which said that sea ice that day covered about 1.32 million square miles, or 24 percent, of the surface of the Arctic Ocean. The previous low, set in 2007, was 29 percent.
When satellite tracking began in the late 1970s, sea ice at its lowest point in the summer typically covered about half the Arctic Ocean, but it has been declining in fits and starts over the decades.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/science/earth/arctic-sea-ice-stops-melting-but-new-record-low-is-set.html?_r=0
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An ice-free arctic will alter jet stream patterns and produce extreme weather at mid-lattitudes
jpak
Jul 2013
#1
Thanks for the pic - will make a great billboard piece 'brought to you by the GOP' & co.
toby jo
Jul 2013
#9
I'm waiting for some jerk to claim the North Pole has ALWAYS melted like this.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#17
Watch GASLAND 2 FREE Online to see how we are making it WORSE! (LINK)
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jul 2013
#29
Uh, I would like to know why that photo is indicating red dots (a ~60% concentration of sea ice)
Heywood J
Jul 2013
#49
Don't worry. Gawd has this. It's 11-Dimensional, environmental rope-a-dope. Just wait. You'll see...
blkmusclmachine
Jul 2013
#44