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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Crank down the volume NSIDC stunner: Arctic ice at 'Likely record-low volume'	Joseph Romm	03 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Looks like the Arctic may have set a record this year after all. The National Snow and Ice Data Center said today that Arctic sea ice volume likely hit a record low in 2008. They reconfirmed that the sea ice extent (or area) 'dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979' and that 'Despite cooler temperatures and ice-favoring conditions, long-term decline continues.' But the big news was the announcement about ice volume, since that h ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans (all these topics)

On the shrink of disaster Arctic shrinks by one Alaska and three Arizonas in August	Joseph Romm	09 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Another week, another record in Arctic ice-loss announced by the National Snow and Ice Data Center: Following a record rate of ice loss through the month of August, Arctic sea ice extent already stands as the second-lowest on record, further reinforcing conclusions that the Arctic sea ice cover is in a long-term state of decline. With approximately two weeks left in the melt season, the possibility of setting a new record annual minimum in September remains open. W ...
Topics: climate change impacts, climate science, climate, oceans, Arctic (all these topics)

Henry Hudson would be delighted North Pole an 'island' for first time in 125,000 years	Joseph Romm	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The fabled Northwest and Northeast passages are now open. That makes the North Pole an island for the first time in human history, most likely for the first time 'since the beginning of the last Ice Age 125,000 years ago.' In the last few days, however, Arctic ice melt has slowed, so we might not see a record this year, as the NSIDC daily graph makes clear: But whether a record is set this year has little bearing on the future of the Arctic. The National Snow ...
Topics: oceans, climate science, climate change impacts, Arctic, climate (all these topics)

A problem of Florida-sized proportions Arctic sea ice continues to melt at alarming rate	Andrew Sharpless	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill
A chunk of Arctic sea ice roughly the size of Florida melted in just six days, according to scientists who warn that ice in the region continues to melt at an alarming rate. Reports are already surfacing of the detrimental effects such rapid habitat loss is having on marine mammals, such as polar bears, which use the ice to hunt and migrate. Most recently scientists have said polar bear populations could drop by 66 percent by mid-century. Virtually every d ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, oceans (all these topics)

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