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Old February 14th 09, 03:52 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology
Jim Willemin[_2_] Jim Willemin[_2_] is offline
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Default Arctic sea ice is NOT rebounding,article link

seeker wrote in
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http://green.msn.com/Green-Living/Is...g-Wolf/?gt1=45
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Hmm.... the data at the University of Illinois 'Cryosphere Today' website
(http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosph...aly.timeseries.
jpg) suggest that today the arctic sea ice coverage is about 800,000 square
kilometers below the 1979-2000 average for the date. To me that tends to
support the idea that sea ice in the arctic is decreasing over time. Most
amusing.