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Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover
Article first published online: 3 JAN 2008
- Josefino C. Comiso1,
- Claire L. Parkinson1,
- Robert Gersten1,2,3 and
- Larry Stock1,4
Abstract
[1] Satellite data reveal unusually low Arctic sea ice coverage during the summer of 2007, caused in part by anomalously high temperatures and southerly winds. The extent and area of the ice cover reached minima on 14 September 2007 at 4.1 × 106 km2 and 3.6 × 106 km2, respectively. These are 24% and 27% lower than the previous record lows, both reached on 21 September 2005, and 37% and 38% less than the climatological averages. Acceleration in the decline is evident as the extent and area trends of the entire ice cover (seasonal and perennial ice) have shifted from about −2.2 and −3.0% per decade in 1979–1996 to about −10.1 and −10.7% per decade in the last 10 years. The latter trends are now comparable to the high negative trends of −10.2 and −11.4% per decade for the perennial ice extent and area, 1979–2007.
Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover - Comiso - 2008 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library
See how easy that was. An article about Arctic Sea Ice, written by a real scientist, that supports the hypothesis that the Arctic is rapidly warming. Since it was published in 2008, the decline in Arctic Ice has continued.
Now your turn, present me an article from a credible source supporting your point of view
WOW, now that was a blast form the past. What's it like now?
Oh lookey here, it's within the 1981 to 2010 average. And look at that will ya.....There's more ice in the Arctic now, then there was in 2007. How is that possible? You claimed the Arctic is continuing to lose ice. Hell it was claimed it would be gone completely by last year by your leading alarmists IIRC.
What gives?
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