Arctic temperatures hit record high

[inanna]

Source: McClatchy

WASHINGTON — Temperatures in the Arctic last fall hit an all-time high — more than 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Centigrade) above normal — and remain almost as high this year, an international team of scientists reported Thursday.

"The year 2007 was the warmest year on record in the Arctic,'' said Jackie Richter-Menge, a climate expert at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H, and editor of the latest annual Arctic Report Card.

"These are dynamic and dramatic times in the Arctic,'' she said. "The outlook isn't good.''

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Summer 2007 set a record low for sea ice in the Arctic, threatening reindeer, walruses and polar bears and opening shipping lanes above the Arctic Circle, the report said. This summer's ice melt was only slightly smaller.



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[hatrack]

1. Why do you hate freedom? Why do you hate 'Murica?

:evilgrin:

[sofa king]

2. 'Cause it doesn't have beachfront property in Arizona... yet.

[blueclown]

3. Temperatures raised 9 degrees Farenheit.

Wow.

[tom_paine]

4. Now, now. Everyone knows Global Warming is a Lib'rul Lie by scientists

desperate to keep their $40,000/yr. desk jobs.

(do I need to say :sarcasm: ?)