Arctic ice shrinks by an Alaska plus a Texas

Ice loss hits record low this month in the Arctic

Posted by Joseph Romm at 9:08 AM on 25 Sep 2007

Hitting a record low on September 16, 2007, the Arctic lost half a million square miles of ice compared to its last record low just two years ago.

For all the details, check out the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) website at http://www.nsidc.org/news/press/2007_seaiceminimum/20070810_index.html, which notes "the Northwest Passage is still open, but is starting to refreeze." We are still on track for an ice free Arctic by 2030, decades ahead of the climate models.

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