Scientific American - Arctic Sea Ice: What, Why, and What Next

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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/09/21/arctic-sea-ice-what-why-and-what-next/

Figure 3 - Arctic sea ice coverage, as reconstructed from 69 sites around the area, fluctuated in a fairly narrow range for more than 1400 years. In the last few decades, it has plunged abruptly.


Figure 6 - Artic sea ice volume has dropped far faster than coverage. In September the ice that remains is down by nearly 80% from its volume in 1980. At current pace of volume loss, the first ice-free Arctic day could come in just a few years.

This blogpost is the best compilation of the whole thing I've seen so far - a really monumental piece of work, accessible by everyone from interested amateur to professional denier...