Arctic Ice Melting Rapidly, Study Says

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2006/sep/13/091305923.html

Arctic sea ice in winter is melting far faster than before, two new NASA studies reported Wednesday, a new and alarming trend that researchers say threatens the ocean's delicate ecosystem.

Scientists point to the sudden and rapid melting as a sure sign of man-made global warming.

"It has never occurred before in the past," said NASA senior research scientist Josefino Comiso in a phone interview. "It is alarming... This winter ice provides the kind of evidence that it is indeed associated with the greenhouse effect."

Scientists have long worried about melting Arcticsea ice in the summer, but they had not seen a big winter drop in sea ice, even though they expected it.

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[bananas]

1. There was a NASA press conference today

The link on the LV Sun article didn't work,
but I found these at nasa.gov,
apparently there was a "media teleconference" today.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/sep/HQ_06315_sea_ice.html
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/sep/HQ_M06144_sea_ice.html

Pictures and video from the conference are at:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/seaice_telecon.html