Arctic Ice-Free by 2050? Time to bring the deep-freeze to environmental damage

Climate Change Seen Leaving Arctic Ice-Free by 2050 - Bloomberg: "The Earth’s northern polar region will be almost ice-free in the warmest months by 2050, sooner than previously estimated, according to a study by two federal government scientists who work on climate change.
The researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used three separate methods to predict the sea- ice trends in the Arctic Ocean, and their estimates for 2020 to 2060 forecast elimination of most ice during the Northern Hemisphere’s warmest months, according to a statement.
The results show “very likely timing for future sea ice loss to the first half of the 21st century, with a possibility of major loss within a decade or two,” according to the paper by James Overland and Muyin Wang, who both study climate change and the Arctic. The paper was reviewed by other scientists and accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters.
“The large observed shifts in the current Arctic environment represent major indicators of regional and global climate change,” they wrote."

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