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Arctic Sea Ice Rallies a Bit

Posted by timothy on from the mysterious-ways dept.

radioweather writes "Like the recent stock market rebound, Arctic sea ice is making a big rally over the record low set last year. According to the Alaskan IARC-JAXA website, satellite data which shows sea ice extent as of 10/14/08 was 7,064,219 square kilometers, when compared to a year ago 10/14/08 it was 5,487,656 square kilometers. The one-day gain between 10/13/08 and 10/14/08 of 3.8% is also quite impressive. On May 5th, The National Snow and Ice Data Center suggested the possibility of an ice-free north pole in 2008, but so far, this year has been a banner year for sea ice recovery."

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  1. Re:Stock market what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They mean it'll all melt in a couple days, I think.

  2. Wait... by cheap.computer · · Score: 0, Funny

    Does that signal an end to Global warming ?

  3. Re:Stock market what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    well sure. stock market goes down, people drive less, global warming curbed, ice sheets grow.

    you don't need to be an Al Gore to figure that out.

  4. Re:Cold is on the way... by teldar · · Score: 1, Funny

    That can't really be possible, can it? I mean, Al Gore invented the internet.

  5. Just wait until the election by David+Gerard · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure President Palin will fight back the ice fantastically efficiently, for the good of the economy. You betcha!

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