Comments on: Shrinking: The Current Size of the Arctic Ice Cap http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/08/26/shrinking-the-current-size-of-the-arctic-ice-cap/ Ecology News, Information and Commentary Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:38:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bob P. http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/08/26/shrinking-the-current-size-of-the-arctic-ice-cap/#comment-106 Bob P. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:47 +0000 http://ecology.com/ecology-today/?p=172#comment-106 Also of interest are the trend lines for 2008 plotted against those for 2007, 2005 and the 1979-2000 average. Whereas previous years' decline in Arctic sea ice began to level out in August and September, the decline for 2008 is continuing downward at a steep rate. See Figure 2 at http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ Also of interest are the trend lines for 2008 plotted against those for 2007, 2005 and the 1979-2000 average.

Whereas previous years’ decline in Arctic sea ice began to level out in August and September, the decline for 2008 is continuing downward at a steep rate.

See Figure 2 at http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

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