Through One Eye » Arctic Ocean http://jantimmons.net infinite possibilities for beauty in Alaska Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:46:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 NOAA begins a new site http://jantimmons.net/2010/02/08/noaa-begins-a-new-site/ http://jantimmons.net/2010/02/08/noaa-begins-a-new-site/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:32:04 +0000 admin http://jantimmons.net/?p=1732 ” For as long as humans have been keeping track, large areas of the Arctic Ocean have remained covered by sea ice throughout the year. However, over the past 30 years, the area covered by ice has shown a dramatic decrease. Since satellite-based measurements began in the late 1970s, data show a trend of more ice melting away during summers and less new ice forming during winters. The average maximum extent of sea ice has decreased by 2.8 percent per decade. Measurements of minimum sea ice extent each year show that summer melting has been even more dramatic, decreasing by an average of 11.1 percent per decade.” …more

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