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THE NEWS LAST WEEK THAT SUMMER ICE COVERING THE ARCTIC OCEAN WASÂ TIED FOR THE SECOND-LOWEST EXTENTÂ ON RECORD IS A SOBERING REMINDER THAT THE PLANET IS SWIFTLY HEADING TOWARD A LARGELY ICE-FREE ARCTIC IN THE WARMER MONTHS, POSSIBLYÂ AS EARLY AS 2020. After that, we can expect the ice-free period in the Arctic basin to expand to three to four months a …
It’s happening! Humanity’s greatest nightmare is already well underway. Wherever ice is found, appreciable melt is deep-seated, out of control, cascading into the seas shore-to-shore all across the planet. It’s all about too much heat! The trend is in place, and it is accelerating. Global warming is very real. Thus, the most pertinent questions going forward are: How fast it …
