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Erratic as normal: Arctic sea ice loss expected to be bumpy in the short term
2015-01-28 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Arctic sea ice extent plunged precipitously from 2001 to 2007, then barely budged between 2007 and 2013. Even in a warming world, researchers should expect such unusual periods of no change-and rapid change-at the world's northern reaches, according to a new paper. "Human-caused global warming is melting Arctic sea ice over the long term, but the Arctic is a variable place, said Jennifer Kay, a fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado...
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