Observed and Projected Arctic Ice Cap Loss

Submitted by francob12 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 10:15
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NASA; IPCC

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  • Since 1979 more than 20% of the Polar ice cap has melted away.
  • Satellite observations show a very dramatic and worrying trend with a melting of the Arctic ice cap of about 30%. If this trend followed, all the ice cap would probably melt by the end of this decade.
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