‘stunned’ Scientists


	‘stunned’ Scientists

jetcloud

9-22-2007 11:54 PM

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					<DIV class="blog_content">  <P>Ice in the Arctic has <A href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/09/21/science-arctic-ice.html?ref=rss" linkindex="131" set="yes">melted to its lowest level since record keeping began</A>  nearly 30 years ago, reaching a minimum area on September 16 that was 1.2 million square kilometres below the previous mark from 2005.</P>  <P class="MsoNormal">Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice  DataCenter said sea ice extent appears to have reached its minimum with the chances of it reaching a lower level unlikely this year. </P>  <P>"The amount of ice loss this year absolutely stunned us, because it didn't just beat all previous records, it completely shattered them," said senior scientist Mark Serreze.</P>  <P class="MsoNormal">Earlier, <A href="http://www.desmogblog.com/canadas-typical-summer-heats-up-especially-in-the-arctic" linkindex="132">Environment Canada reported </A> that last summer was the seventh-warmest on record, with temperatures 0.9 C higher than average. Canada's all-time high was 1.8 C above normal in 1998.</P>  <BR class="clear" /> <IMG src="http://www.desmogblog.com/modules/technorati/technobubble.gif" /><STRONG></STRONG><A rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/U.S." linkindex="133">U.S.</A> <A rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ Canada" linkindex="134"> Canada</A> <A rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ University of Colorado" linkindex="135"> University of Colorado</A> <A rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ Environment Canada" linkindex="136"> Environment Canada</A> <A rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ Arctic" linkindex="137"> Arctic</A> <A rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ global warming" linkindex="138"> global warming</A> <A rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ climate change" linkindex="139"> climate change</A></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desmogblog.com/scientists-stunned-as-arctic-sea-ice-shrinks-to-30-year-low"><DIV class="links">» <A title="Read Bill Miller's latest blog entries." href="http://www.desmogblog.com/the_bloggers/Bill+Miller" linkindex="140" set="yes">more from Bill Miller<IMG class="linkscent-icon" src="http://www.desmogblog.com/misc/favicon.ico" clueid="favIcon" /><IMG class="linkscent-icon" src="http://www.desmogblog.com/chrome://interclue/content/cluecore/skins/default/pixel.gif" clueid="clueIcon" /></A> | <A title="Share your thoughts and opinions related to this posting." href="http://www.desmogblog.com/comment/reply/2322#comment_form" linkindex="141">add new comment</A></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/796AD41B-BA5E-45FE-A13A-E5EECACF457A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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