"In the Arctic, temperature has increased at twice the rate as the rest of the globe, and could increase by another 8°C (14°F) by the end of this century. The warming atmosphere along with new weather pattern extremes is causing Arctic sea ice to melt at an alarming rate that suggests the Arctic will be ice-free by 2030. The impacts of dwindling ice cover in the Arctic are far-reaching, from species endangerment to enhanced global warming, to the weakening or shut-down of global ocean circulation."
Read the rest of Weather Underground blog post "Ice, Ice Baby" by Angela Fritz, atmospheric scientist
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/angelafritz/comment.html?entrynum=11
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/angelafritz/comment.html?entrynum=11
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/angelafritz/comment.html?entrynum=11
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/angelafritz/comment.html?entrynum=11
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