Friday, September 15, 2006

What's the Problem With a Little Melting Ice?



Summer 2005: Scientists see a new trend of shrinking Arctic sea ice in the winter, at a time when it should be at its greatest size, as well as a continuing decline in the summer. The yellow border indicates the median edge of ice from 1979-2000. Photo courtesy of NASA. [From San Francisco Chronicle]

1 comment:

--Blue Girl said...

Um, maybe the fact that if there is no ice, there is no us?

How about the wavelength of the colors involved? Ice reflects light back to space, and water absorbs it and the temperature rises and more ice melts and the water absorbs more heat and melts more ice and...

I actually spent two decades as a Clinical Lab Scientist. Now I am pursuing a PhD in Climate Sciences.

Thanks for your post. I addressed climate change here.