The Arctic Ice Could Soon Be a Seasonal Feature
The Arctic Sea Ice, which has been a permanent feature for at least 100,000 years, is now so thin that almost all of it will disappear in about a decade. It will become seasonal, forming only during the winter.
Arctic is melting even in winter, now 50% of the 1976 thickness
“This is one of the most serious problems the world has ever faced.” Dr. Peter Wadhams, Cambridge University The polar icecap is retreating and thinning at a record rate From The Sunday Times – October 26, 2008 Jonathan Leake The Arctic icecap is now shrinking at record rates in the winter as well as summer, [...]
