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[Is the] Meltdown in the Arctic is Speeding Up
The Guardian ^
| August 10, 2008
| Robin McKie
Posted on 08/15/2008 11:46:32 AM PDT by cogitator
Ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate last week, with leading scientists warning that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2013.
Satellite images show that ice caps started to disintegrate dramatically several days ago as storms over Alaska's Beaufort Sea began sucking streams of warm air into the Arctic.
As a result, scientists say that the disappearance of sea ice at the North Pole could exceed last year's record loss. More than a million square kilometres melted over the summer of 2007 as global warming tightened its grip on the Arctic. But such destruction could now be matched, or even topped, this year.
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'It does not really matter whether 2007 or 2008 is the worst year on record for Arctic ice,' Maslowski said. 'The crucial point is that ice is clearly not building up enough over winter to restore cover and that when you combine current estimates of ice thickness with the extent of the ice cap, you get a very clear indication that the Arctic is going to be ice-free in summer in five years. And when that happens, there will be consequences.'
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: arctic; beaufortsea; climatechange; environment; forecast; ice; northwestpassage; trend
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I'm aware there's another thread on this topic, so I thought the best thing to do was to post this article and then link to the NSIDC for their unexpurgated report:
Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:46:32 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:47:12 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Any mention of the volcanic activity UNDER the ice???
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:49:14 AM PDT
by
Camel Joe
(liberal=socialist=royalist/imperialist pawn=enemy of Freedom)
To: cogitator
As usual, more lies than a democrat press conference...
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:49:57 AM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: Camel Joe
Any mention of the volcanic activity UNDER the ice???No, because that's inconsequential.
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:50:17 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:50:18 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Oderint dum metuant.)
To: xcamel
“We’re all gonna die under capitalism” PING
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:50:30 AM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
To: cogitator
Weren’t the climate dumbsh!ts telling us just a few weeks ago that there was a 50 50 chance that all the ice was going to be gone by the end of this summer?!
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:50:30 AM PDT
by
Devilinbaggypants
(Life's hard...but it's a lot harder when you're stupid! - John Wayne)
To: cogitator
[ Ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate last week ]
No Problem.. That ice can be replaced and much more in the coming ICE AGE.. QUICKLY.. We need to drill the artic for natural gas while the drilling is good or even possible.. Natural gas will needed to keep us warm.. in the future.. Its hard to drill in 80 degrees below zero..
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:52:02 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: cogitator
So, what are we going to do about it in five years?
Oh, that’s right: Elect Leftist/Socialist/Marxist leaders. Especially in America.
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:52:04 AM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
To: cogitator
The meltdoen in the guardian is speeding up.....
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:52:23 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: cogitator
Shouldn’t this mean that all of the world’s coastal cities should be under water in five years? At least, that is what the global warming people have said would happen should the North Pole melt away...
To: cogitator
...the Arctic is going to be ice-free in summer in five years... Make your vacation plans now before the 2012 rush.
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:57:27 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: cogitator
Satellite images show that ice caps started to disintegrate dramatically several days ago as storms over Alaska's Beaufort Sea began sucking streams of warm air into the Arctic. It's called SUMMER, Einstien.
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posted on
08/15/2008 11:58:23 AM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: cogitator
WE'RE DOOMED!But in all seriousness, considering that the NSIDC is probably wrong about the extent of the ice melt, I'm not going to worry about it.
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08/15/2008 11:58:53 AM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! Sign the petition at http://www.americansolutions.com/)
To: Mikey_1962
To: xcamel
As usual, more lies than a democrat press conference... I adore specificity. Don't you?
To: cogitator
Ummmm....so now they’re only predicting doom-gloom 5 years out?
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08/15/2008 12:02:53 PM PDT
by
ElectricStrawberry
(1/27th Infantry Wolfhounds...cut in half during the Clinton years.)
To: ConservativeMind
Shouldn’t this mean that all of the world’s coastal cities should be under water in five years? No, because floating sea ice does not appreciably change sea levels when it melts, because its already floating.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
But in all seriousness, considering that the NSIDC is probably wrong about the extent of the ice meltWhy do you think they're wrong?
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