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Arctic to be Ice Free in Summers
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by 158 | October 16, 2009 at 07:42 am
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The Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view - based on seasonal variation of ice extent and thickness, changes in temperatures, winds and especially ice composition - that the Arctic will be ice-free in summer within about 20 years, and that much of the decrease will be happening within 10 years.
This could be a mixed
situation. Open waters in
the arctic ocean would help
shipping with shorter routes
but the warming could make
major changes in the arctic
ocean environment. These
changes could good and bad.
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at 09:57 on October 16th, 2009
Anything more current?
Latest ones i saw were showing the ice growing.
Will post link if i can find time to run them down.
at 10:00 on October 16th, 2009
Thanks. I have not found a report on the ice for this year.
at 11:39 on October 16th, 2009
A similar story was reported last night on CBC National news. If I recall they were predicting an ice free Arctic Ocean within 5 years.
This could create a few problems with higher sea levels et al.
There are still a lot of unknowns in the science of global warming.
Estimates are based on drilling and examining the ice extracted from it.
at 11:48 on October 16th, 2009
Canada could benefit from this.
Ships sailing between the islands,
Swimming in Baffin bay.
\Water skiing off Victoria island.
at 14:39 on October 16th, 2009
Dream On, not likely
at 14:50 on October 16th, 2009
Probably true.
If it warmed that much the US would be a scorched desert.