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North Pole Ice On Track To Melt By September?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the new-swimming-holes dept.

phobos13013 writes "Recently released evidence is showing the North Pole ice is melting at the highest rate ever recorded. As a result, the Pole may be completely ice-free at the surface and composed of nothing but open water by September. As reported in September of last year, the Northwest Passage was ice-free for the first time known to man. The implications of this, as well as the causes, are still being debated. Are global warming experts just short-sighted alarmists? Are we heading for a global ice age? Or is the increase in global mean temperature having an effect on our planet?"

3 of 978 comments (clear)

  1. What about Santa by sircastor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We need to get Congress on the phone... We need legislation to protect Santa Claus. What will we do when kids learn there's no ice at the pole for the old elf to live in?

  2. Re:Cycles by d34thm0nk3y · · Score: 1, Redundant

    our sun is growing fast. A couple hundredths of a percent every decade.

    [Citation Needed]

  3. I for one... by tjstork · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Welcome my new algae plankton cod fishing baby seal thank god the bears are gone overlord masters!

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    This is my sig.