Monday, September 12, 2016

Arctic Death Spiral: Icebreakers Reach North Pole as Sea Ice Disintegrates

ThinkProgress

Second-lowest sea ice minimum, lowest average annual sea ice extent. Arctic sea ice continued its long-term death spiral in 2016, thanks to warming-driven ice melt. As the ice sheet shrinks and thins, it’s becoming easier and easier for icebreakers to reach the North Pole. Story here.
-
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals

The Guardian Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining Damian Carrington ...