In October. But still maintained an overall area less at all times than the 79 to 2000 average and the only average it beat out is last years. Oh, and that average fell below last years this month. Oh, and its all new ice, which melts much faster than ice that has been there more than 2 years, so will probably vanish even quicker next summer. Ooops.
http://climaticidechronicles.org/2008/12/21/2008-arctic-sea-ice-refreeze-trend-line-dropping-below-last-years/ It is a cooler year and there is more ice this year. But the depletion of stable ice, ice that has been there for years, has accelerated significantly. It is not a single month, or single year, process. The ice pack will grow and shrink depending on local weather phenomena and longer trends like el nino/la nina. But the overall trend is steadily and significantly downward. And most importantly, the areas that serve as anchors, the places that have years, decades of ice built up, those are the places that are truly being impacted. Some amount of ice is going to melt and freeze any particular year, that is a given. But what we are seeing is a steady deterioration of the long term ice pack in the arctic. That is what really worries climatologists. Judah On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Andrew Grosset <[email protected]> wrote: > True, see ice was shrinking..... > > "The total amount of ice, which set a record low value last year, grew in > October at the fastest pace since record-keeping began in 1979." > > http://tinyurl.com/5e84e6 > > Andrew. > > > >>http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/02/16/braasch-tuvalu/ >> >>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5364584 >> >>::shrug:: >> >>that's off the top of my head. But o my bad there is no proof is there.... >> >>D >> >> >> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
