• Posted Feb. 22, 2013 5:05 p.m.
  • Here’s one of the most important stories of our time, but perhaps you shouldn’t read it
  • If this upsets you, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Here’s the deal:

    The melting of arctic sea ice is happening much faster than previously suspected. The term “death spiral” has been applied to the situation.

    Why should you care? HERE‘s why:

    This should be the story of the day, week, month, year, and decade. As NERC [the Natural Environmental Research Council] notes, sea ice volume is “a much more accurate indicator of the changes taking place in the Arctic.”

    Many experts now say that if recent volume trends continue we will see a “near ice-free Arctic in summer” ...

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