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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-08 04:11 PM
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Arctic ice thickness 'plummets' (BBC)
By Mark Kinver
Science and environment reporter, BBC

The thickness of Arctic sea ice "plummeted" last winter, thinning by as much as 49 centimetres (1.6ft) in some regions, satellite data has revealed.

A study by UK researchers showed that the ice thickness had been fairly constant for the previous five winters.

The team from University College London added that the results provided the first definitive proof that the overall volume of Arctic ice was decreasing.

The findings have been published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

"The ice thickness was fairly constant for the five winters before this, but it plummeted in the winter after the 2007 minimum," lead author Katharine Giles told BBC News.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7692963.stm
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-08 04:56 PM
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1. Seems to me it was pure luck that 2008 didn't cream the Summer 2007 record...
...for minimum ice. :(
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-08 05:13 PM
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2. 2008 was colder. And it still came in close second...
If it weren't for 2007, everybody would have been talking about how 2008 smashed the previous records.
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