November 27, 2002- (date of web publication)
 
THE ARCTIC PERENNIAL SEA ICE COULD BE GONE BY END OF THE CENTURY   November 27, 2002- (date of web publication)

A NASA study finds that perennial sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster than previously thought-at a rate of 9 percent per decade. If these melting rates continue for a few more decades, the perennial sea ice will likely disappear entirely within this century, due to rising temperatures and interactions between ice, ocean and the atmosphere that accelerate the melting process.
Arctic sea ice extent from January 1, 1990 Arctic sea ice extent from January 1, 1999 - valdezlink.com/fair_use.htm

High Resolution of Image 1

High Resolution of Image 2


DECADAL DECLINE

These two images show Arctic sea ice extent from January 1, 1990, and January 1, 1999, respectively. These images were created using data from the Defense Meteorlogical Satellite Program's (DMSP) Special Scanning Microwave Imager (SSM/I). Credit: NASA

More photos 

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/pictures/2002/1122seaice/fig2comisoPeren.jpg

 

Source of this article  http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2002/1122seaice.html

Could the incinerators at North Star Borough be melting the ice?
 
And what about the addition of a lot of 2-butoxyethanol?
Does that chemical warm the water?
www.valdezlink.com/red.htm
www.valdezlink.com/red_etc.htm

 

Other  http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=ELNINOSPRING-04-11-02&cat=AN

 

Re-Posted here 10-26-03

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