With Arctic sea ice disappearing at a record rate, scientists are sounding the alarm.
By | Published: August 31, 2008
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Houston Chronicle: After melting of the polar ice cap turned the fabled northwest passage into reality last year, climatologists were eager to see whether the record low of about 1.6 million square miles would be duplicated again this summer. After a colder than normal winter, that seemed unlikely. After a slow start, the seasonal ice retreat has now reached 2 million square miles, and could break the record before the Arctic begins winter cooling in mid-September. Already, some areas bordering North …
With Arctic sea ice disappearing at a record rate, scientists are sounding the alarm.
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Houston Chronicle: After melting of the polar ice cap turned the fabled northwest passage into reality last year, climatologists were eager to see whether the record low of about 1.6 million square miles would be duplicated again this summer. After a colder than normal winter, that seemed unlikely. After a slow start, the seasonal ice retreat has now reached 2 million square miles, and could break the record before the Arctic begins winter cooling in mid-September. Already, some areas bordering North …
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