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To: justa-hairyape

From article:

CryoSat was designed to measure sea-ice thickness across the entire Arctic Ocean, and has allowed scientists, for the first time, to monitor the overall change in volume accurately.

About 90% of the increase is due to growth of multiyear ice – which survives through more than one summer without melting – with only 10% growth of first year ice. Thick, multiyear ice indicates healthy Arctic sea-ice cover.

This year’s multiyear ice is now on average about 20%, or around 30 cm, thicker than last year.


34 posted on 02/05/2014 3:31:30 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

That sounds better. Can believe 20 % in one year.

So we are about 20 % colder then one year ago.


35 posted on 02/05/2014 5:09:25 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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