Vanishing Arctic ice shows no sign of returning
ON BOARD COAST GUARD FLIGHT ABOVE BEAUFORT SEA, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Out in the Arctic Ocean, about 200 miles (322 km ) north of the nearest human settlement, the future of the world’s climate is written in the patterns of ice patches on the water’s surface.
Old, “multiyear” ice — the glue that holds the polar ice cap together and forms the Arctic’s defense against encroaching warming — is slowly disintegrating, a process that is plain to see from the air.
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Posted: October 9th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: arctic, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate negotiations, CO2 Emissions, global warming, Ice free Arctic, sea level rise
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