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warns Arctic ice melting faster than predicted

MONTREAL (AFP) – Arctic sea ice is melting "significantly faster" than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a new study.
 
The volumes of the Greenland Ice Sheet and ice in the Arctic Ocean were estimated at 2.9 million and 4.4 million cubic metres respectively in September 2007 — the lowest ever levels recorded, the organization said Wednesday.

The sea ice shrank to 39 percent below its 1979-2000 mean volume, it said.

Cryosphere Today on this date.

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5 Responses to Presented With No Further Comment

  1. Sam says:

    Surely you can’t be implying that the WWF is using scare tactics and misleading statistics to scare the public?  I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked!

  2. Mockinbird says:

    WWF-to the gator pond. Call a Florida real estate developer! We need more gator pond!

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  4. Thon Brocket says:

    <blockquote>2.9 million and 4.4 million cubic metres</blockquote>Something wrong with those units. A million cubes is just one  big highway cut. Maybe "billion cubes" or  "million cubic kilometres"? I dunno, but it’s not right.PS. You could use a preview facility.

  5. Gary Gulrud says:

    I gather that La Nina will regain strength next fall as the Southern Ocean reaches it’s coldest. 
    It now looks like the Southern Ocean heating is the strongest signal in CO2 and it is plumbing its lowest temps ‘on record’.
    If your loved one is a AGW believer hide the cutlery and bar the windows.