Arctic 2013 report
Greg and list (adding Peter Flynn)
1. Thanks for bringing this NOAA report to our attention. Clearly a
worsening situation - especially in ice volume (as area/extent have to soon
radically go to zero to follow the non-linear path of ice volume.Until
today I hadn’t
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From: Ronal W. Larson [mailto:rongretlar...@comcast.net]
Sent: December-26-13 10:14 PM
To: RAU greg
Cc: Geoengineering; Peter Flynn
Subject: Re: [geo] NOAA's Arctic
Hi Ronal‹Interesting idea. I would just note that while sea ice in the
summer acts to reduce uptake of heat, in the winter it traps heat in the
ocean that would normally be radiated away. So, really what one would want
to do is keep sea ice off the ocean or broken up during the fall and early
Greg and list (adding Peter Flynn)
1. Thanks for bringing this NOAA report to our attention. Clearly a
worsening situation - especially in ice volume (as area/extent have to soon
radically go to zero to follow the non-linear path of ice volume.Until
today I hadn’t thought of anything