Multiple Studies Reveal Dire Meltdown in Arctic

… Ice-free by 2015?

In another study that came out earlier this year, Stroeve compared current measurements of sea ice melt with the predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s models
“We’re about 30 years ahead of where the climate models say we should be,” Stroeve told LiveScience.

Stroeve, Francis and others will be keeping a close eye on the sea ice this winter, as the new record summer low may mean a record low winter ice extent this year as well, thanks to the ice-albedo feedback.

Francis and Stroeve both say that an unusually cold summer or winter in the future could pump ice levels back up, but they aren’t optimistic that the ice will ever return to historic levels.

“It’s hard to imagine seeing it turned around,” Francis said.

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