Arctic ice melting rapidly, study says
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 @ 22:44:15 UTC Topic: General
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
Arctic sea ice in winter is melting far faster than before, two new NASA studies reported Wednesday, a new and alarming trend that researchers say threatens the ocean's delicate ecosystem.
Scientists point to the sudden and rapid melting as a sure sign of man-made global warming.
"It has never occurred before in the past," said NASA senior research
scientist Josefino Comiso in a phone interview. "It is alarming... This
winter ice provides the kind of evidence that it is indeed associated
with the greenhouse effect."...
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