Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'

Interesting theory.

But how would that account for Greenland losing it's ice?

I would think that the loss of sea ice would be related to the rise in the average temperature.

Posted by 726 at 2008-06-19 09:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

Obama said his nomination stopped the rise of the oceans so don't worry anymore.

Posted by shirtsbyeric at 2008-06-19 10:19 AM | Reply | Flag:

We may not be able to agree on just what is happening with the dirt balls weather. Warming, cooling, reversal of the magnetic poles or the Druids have finally cast a spell. Of course it has backfired.

Can we not all agree that the worlds weather pattern is more than just a little messed up? And further, that neither the Republican or Democrats nor Shrubbie/Cheney. In fact we don't have the slightest idea whom to declare war on!

Posted by keith204 at 2008-06-19 12:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

In fact we don't have the slightest idea whom to declare war on!

Posted by keith204 at 2008-06-19 12:23 PM | Reply

We should start by killing all those damned polar bears

Posted by vernon at 2008-06-19 02:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

We should start by killing all those damned polar bears

Posted by vernon at 2008-06-19 02:48 PM

no worries Vern... we are on it!

www.vanityfair.com

Posted by donnerboy at 2008-06-19 03:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Scientists on the project say much of the ice is so thin as to melt easily, and the Arctic seas may be ice-free in summer within five to 10 years."

The pear fell off the tree.

Posted by Zatoichi at 2008-06-19 07:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

ZAT-
Sounds like the newest vacation hot spot.

Posted by OohRah at 2008-06-19 07:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Sounds like the newest vacation hot spot."

Posted by OohRah

(chuckles)

Posted by Zatoichi at 2008-06-19 07:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's been a triple digit heat wave here in SoCal all week.

Just read these words in the article --

ice - ahhhhh
cold - ahhhhhhh
snow - ahhhhhh
winter - aahhhhhh

Feel much cooler now.
Keep these stories coming -- at least for the rest of this week.

Posted by CalifChris at 2008-06-19 07:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I would think that the loss of sea ice would be related to the rise in the average temperature."

Posted by 726

Nonsense!
The freezing/melting temperature of water at STP is changing!

Didn't you get the memo?

Posted by Zatoichi at 2008-06-24 08:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

The water in the Bahamas was too warm anyway. It'll be much better when the Arctic water cools it off.

Posted by Ray at 2008-06-24 08:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Alpine snow taken down a notch

Swiss winter resorts suffered abrupt decline in snow in the late 1980s."

www.nature.com

"A new study shows that the snow shortage in the Swiss Alps has not come about gradually, but began quite suddenly at the end of the 1980s.

This 'regime shift' has robbed many Alpine locations of between 20% and 60% of their 'snow days' -- days when the depth of snow exceeds thresholds required for typical winter sports such as snowboarding and cross-country skiing -- says study author Christoph Marty of the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos.

In the light of rising mean temperatures in Europe during the past several decades, no one has been too surprised that there's now less winter snow. But the abrupt nature of this change is "remarkable", says Marty.'

Posted by Zatoichi at 2008-06-25 12:58 PM | Reply | Flag: