sea-ice

• “An international team of scientists has launched an expedition to drive the Northwest Passage on sea-ice this spring, marking the first time the Passage has ever been travelled in a road vehicle.”

  Driving The Northwest Passage - NASA Watch

• “An international team of researchers led by Mars Institute scientist Dr. Pascal Lee successfully reached the arctic community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada on Friday, 17 April, after an 8-day, 500 km vehicular trek on sea-ice along the fabled Northwest Passage.”

  NASA Watch: April 2009 Archives

• “Independent researchers analysing long term trends of these indicators, have seen an increase in air, sea and land temperatures, rising sea-levels, and decreasing Arctic sea-ice, spring snow cover in the northern hemisphere and glacier extent.”

  The Guardian: Despite warm autumn, 2011 temperatures fail to reach record highs

• “Meanwhile, the U.S. Geological Survey announced on September 16th that the 2008 summertime Arctic sea-ice melt was the second greatest on record, nearly matching the extraordinary melt of 2007.”

  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Wins 2008 Rubber Dodo Award

• “We've seen a tendency for autumns with low sea-ice cover to be followed by a negative Arctic Oscillation.”

  USA Today: Scientists: Global warming to blame for big U.S. snowstorms

• “Satellite measurements showed summer sea-ice cover in 2009 was more than a quarter below the average amount between 1979 and 2000, scientists in one study concluded.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Sea Ice Melting as Arctic Temperature Rises

• “Satellite measurements of winter multi-year ice cover in the Arctic Ocean between 2004 and 2008, along with the corresponding downward trend in overall winter sea-ice volume, and switch in dominant ice type from multi-year ice to! rst-year ice.”

  Think Progress » Hannity: Snow Storms ‘Seem To Contradict Al Gore’s Hysterical Global Warming Theories’

• “It appears that strong winds are causing much of the loss of Arctic sea-ice:”

  Arctic winds responsible for much of the loss of sea ice « Anglican Samizdat

• “Or, we could add while speculating about "positive feedback," the added heat absorption caused by the melting of reflective Arctic sea-ice still covering dark water.”

  The Huffington Post: Craig K. Comstock: Inconvenient? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

• “Moreover, sea-ice reductions can speed the entry of POPs trapped in Arctic Ocean ice into the food chain, posing risks to humans [7].”

  Introduction to Climate Change in the Arctic in the Context of Multiple Stressors and Resilience

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