The Guardian says Arctic sea ice will disappear during the 2030s.
” the first ice-free summer could be in the 2030s, a decade earlier than previous projections.”
Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Previously The Guardian predicted the Arctic would be ice-free by 2015.
Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist | Environment | The Guardian
There has been no trend in Arctic sea ice since Laureate Al Gore predicted an ice-free Arctic by 2014 at the 2007 Nobel prize ceremony. Since then there has been no trend in Arctic sea ice extent.
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Arctic sea ice extent is about the same as it was on the same date date in 1995.
Experts said the Arctic would be ice-free by 2008.
Expert: Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer_English_Xinhua
North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer
BBC NEWS | UK | Swimmer aims to kayak to N Pole
“there will be no sea ice left in the summer in the Arctic Ocean somewhere between 2010 and 2015. “And it’s probably going to happen even faster than that,” said Fortier, who leads an international team of researchers in the Arctic”
‘Frightening’ projection for Arctic melt
The Daily Reporter – Google News Archive Search
Star-News – Google News Archive Search
Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’
Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014
2100 | ecoSanity.org – See. Act. Inspire!
The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search
Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013 | Sierra Club Canada
13 Apr 2013, Page A8 – Battle Creek Enquirer at Newspapers.com
The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015 – The Daily Beast
A farewell to ice | Review | Chemistry World
And President Obama’s science adviser predicted ice-free winters.
…if you lose the summer sea ice, there are phenomena that could lead you not so very long thereafter to lose the winter sea ice as well. And if you lose that sea ice year round, it’s going to mean drastic climatic change all over the hemisphere.
In 1958 Arctic sea ice thickness was two meters, the same as today.
The Changing Face of the Arctic; The Changing Face of the Arctic – The New York Times
