Showing posts with label Climate Arctic Ice Extinction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate Arctic Ice Extinction. Show all posts

Aug 22, 2011

Climate Stuff

Less sea ice in Greenland:
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/21/7429406-thinning-ice-has-big-impact-on-life-in-greenland

Record low Arctic ice:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/july-arctic-sea-ice-melts-to-record-low-extent-volume/2011/08/08/gIQALChp2I_blog.html
With respect to July’s thickness, the Polar Science Center reported: “Monthly averaged ice volume for July 2011 was 8.900 cubic kilometers. This value is 51% lower than the mean over this period, 62% lower than the maximum in 1979, and 2.5 standard deviations below the trend.”


Article on species extinction:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711151457.htm