Thursday April 09, 2009
Ice-Free Arctic Ocean Possible in 30 Years, Not 90 as Previously Estimated
ScienceDaily
A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated. New research says the Arctic might lose most of its ice cover in summer in as few as 30 years instead of the end of the century.
The amount of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice at the end of summer by then could be only about 1 million square kilometers, or about 620,000 square miles.
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