Arctic Ice: “The melting rate during June and July this year was simply incredible,”

Floating Arctic Ice Shrinking at Record Rate By ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: August 9, 2007

The area of floating ice in the Arctic has shrunk more than in any summer since satellite tracking began in 1979, and it has reached that record point a month before the annual ice pullback typically peaks, experts said.
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“The melting rate during June and July this year was simply incredible,” Mr. Chapman said. “And then you’ve got this exposed black ocean soaking up sunlight and you wonder what, if anything, could cause it to reverse course.” ...