Yikes.
I didn’t expect to see stories in the news on the Arctic Sea Ice extent this early in the season, since the minimum sea ice extent does not occur until around September. But as of now, it looks as though the melt is tracking last years record loss.
This will be interesting to monitor… For those who are interested, the progress of the sea ice can be monitored here from a webpage set up by the National Snow and Ice Data Center here in Boulder.
14 responses so far ↓
1 Cassie // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Uh, oh. This is not a good thing…
What really worries me is what the weather be like in the next decade. Will it affect food production, water reserves , etc. We also need to be concerned about the islands that are already being lost off the coast of Alaska due to the rising ocean levels and the wildlife that depend on the Arctic climate.
Notice in the article how Bush is already looking into oil drilling off the coast of Alaska. Wish he would quit exploiting Alaska and trying (luckily in vain it seems for now) to destroy its natural beauty.
2 Cassie.Wheeler // Jul 1, 2008 at 8:21 am
I came across this today and thought it was appropriate for this article:
“The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”
- Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder
3 Graeme Bird // Jul 8, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Of course this is a good thing. Its a very good thing. The more of this that we can get melted off the better. That buys us more time. Bear in mind that while the ice appears to still be melting the oceans as a whole are cooling.
We ought to think harder about what it is we ought to be getting worried about.
4 Sean Davis // Jul 8, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Graeme,
First, why do you think Arctic melting is good?
Second, you are incorrect about the ocean cooling.
See, e.g., here
5 psp codes // Sep 7, 2008 at 8:44 pm
i think this is serious things, all people in the world should act quickly because if we delay it human life will totally disappeared
6 Tuyul Kribo // Sep 8, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I hope this our Green Activity can prevent loss the Arctic Sea Ice.
Let save our earth now. By monitoring all news about Global Warming.
7 Herman // Sep 16, 2008 at 8:02 am
Ok lets we campaign to use technology eco friendly
8 oaken // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Save our earth now. starting from our environment first.
9 masarip // Oct 10, 2008 at 7:28 pm
thanks for iformation Sean, Im interested …
10 tukarinfobispak // Oct 11, 2008 at 9:11 pm
when you’ll update your blog with a new content sean?
long time not see your new article.
11 earthboy // Oct 16, 2008 at 10:11 am
Sooner or later, it’s gonna happen to our earth.. so, we better prepare for it..
12 endah // Oct 19, 2008 at 8:52 am
global warming in one international issue and I think everbody in the world must have awareness to care this world before everything gone
13 SEO Friendly // Oct 22, 2008 at 9:28 am
lol Abirey, that’s not gonna solve the problem :D
Well in my opinion, more about global warming, (the effect) should be display to all over citizens of the world to generate the love-earth feeling
14 Love Relationships // Dec 13, 2008 at 3:57 pm
We are still learning about the planet we live on.I also feel since it appears air temperature doesn’t have as much effect on the Arctic as otherwise thought (This learned due to the fact it was colder up there this year than it was in recent years.) So we know other things are at play here, like the Pacific and Atlant ocean. Since it melted more on the Atlantic side this year then it did on the Pacific I’d say the Atlantic ocean was warmer this year than the Pacific ocean.