Title: Mcgowanjm Wire 2012 Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Feb 26, 2012 Author:Various Post Date:2012-02-26 09:15:13 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:1520282 Comments:2390
the year 2020, in other words, there will be zero sea ice for the six months from June through to November.
With thinning ice & Major cyclones, possibly by this time next year.
Picasso Moon wrote:[quote]Droughts and El Ninos are hardly mutually exclusive, far from it. It all depends where, how strong an El Nino, where do high pressures set up, how many butterflies flex their wings,...[/quote]
A Martian viewing the Polar Region would be saying the Earth's climate is radically being altered..... :twisted: :
[quote] In conclusion, it looks like there will be no sea ice from August 2015 through to October 2015, while a further three months look set to reach zero in 2017, 2018 and 2019 (respectively July, November and June). Before the start of the year 2020, in other words, there will be zero sea ice for the six months from June through to November.
Actually, events may unfold even more rapidly. As the ice gets thinner, it becomes more prone to break up if there are storms. At the same time, the frequency and intensity of storms looks set to increase as temperatures rise and as there will be more open water in the Arctic Ocean. [/quote]
The US SW will begin to radically turn to desert now. Forests will disappear.
Rate of arctic summer sea ice loss is 50% higher than predicted New satellite images show polar ice coverage dwindling in extent and thickness
Gu_ice_extension-01Credit: Giulio Frigieri
Sea ice in the Arctic is disappearing at a far greater rate than previously expected, according to data from the first purpose-built satellite launched to study the thickness of the Earth's polar caps.
