Arctic sea ice getting thinner

$4.3 Million for three months... dang... I'll go.

Don't really know why... the ice melts... happend before... will happen again... It's not called Greenland because it was white... LOL

Just ask a mammoth... climates change... even without man helping!

We human being are our own worst enemies. We disrespect our "Free" air and water and its environments. Now we are the frogs in the slow cooker dying without caring and knowing. We deserve to die because human being just care about making money and showing off with all the garbage we created.

Time.com - Northwest Passage II. Monday, Sep. 13, 1937
'I didn't see one cube of ice' (sailed both directions)
Warmest year was 1934 - no more Greenland forest in this interglacial ?

"Ice extent is an important measure of the health of the Arctic"
If the ice is too thick, then seals cannot keep air holes open
Ice Bears will have to seek Grizzly Bears as mates ?
Whales can only swim so far under ice, without coming up for air
Earlier springtime allows migrating birds more time and food to raise young
Ice is unhealthy, but a good way to scare up more research funds

That's not so hard to figure since abnormal low was in 2007. That's 2 years for ice to grow, so all that open water in 2007 that is now ice will be, let me guess, less than 2 years old. Hey, I could be an ice guru for NSIDC.

BYW, they couldn't make a headline about ice extent, because it is doing "ver well" thank you, so they have to look for the thinning headline.

The Arctic is fine, polar bears are fine, Anthropogenic CO2 induced warming is a miniscule factor that is exaggerated into a hoax, and that could mean some folks are worried about their Government funding, so better come up with a different exaggerated headline to keep our gravy train going.

If this planet has been here for 12 billion years do we know how many times it has gone through a climate change and what caused the changes, other than a meteorite or volcanic eruption? I'am not so sure we are the "only one" causing the change.

excuse me?
they learned how to do this in the past year...but now are telling us how thick the ice has been for the past milenia?
am i the only one that sees a problem with this?

Can't we just do some sort of snow and ice comb-over? If we then just act natural, hopefully no other planet will notice.

Is this the same Arctic ice thinning reportedly caused by wind blowing the thicker ice to lower latitudes where it melted? And did the researchers include all the ice this time, unlike the last time when the left out ice covering an area the size of Texas due to a bad sensor?

John

I've lived through

1950s Nuclear Halocaust will end mankind
1960s Baby boom will run out of food by mid 1980s
1970s Global Cooling
1980s HIV will destroy mankind
1990s The ozone destruction will destroy mankind
2000 Man made global warming (see 70s)
2010 Climate Change (was global warming 10 years ago)

Hang in there... we always have an end of world senerio going... and someone getting rich off filling you with fear... bit of advice... don't send Gore too much of your money... he doesn't really need it with his multiple mansions, 727 Jumbo Jet, 15 Cars etc... he's not too worried about his cabon footprint does he?

Climate change happens naturally. It gets warmer, then it gets colder. There is a science called paleoclimatology that explains & documents these changes.

During the Medieval Warming Period it was some 2 degrees warmer than now, and you know what, the world and humans survived by adapting. Same for the Little Ice Age that followed.

Man can't stop climate change or even diminish it. Man can't stop a rainstorm; can't stop hail; can't stop snow; can't stop a hurricane; and etc. But we're going to stop (mitigate) climate change! Sure we are.

CO2 does not cause climate change. Over the last 10 years the correlation between CO2 and temperatures is actually negative. Does this now mean an increase in CO2 might cause temperatures to go down? (I don't think Al Gore would appreciate that getting around.)

You all are a bunch of morons! Global warming is real. The ice cap is melting and shrinking. It poses some serious problems for our planet. If you can't see or understand this, stop reading your Bible and pick up a science book.

the idea that life can live on this planet without haveing an effect is a farce and a lie by the people that want to control how we live.
for every action, there is a reaction.

the only way to minimize it is population reduction…which i have heard them talk about….we should start with those that want this done.

Liz,

I read my Bible and my science books. Read the description of Revelations with global warming in mind. Yes, it does fit the description. It would also fit with God's justice. We end up into a massive destruction before the Lord's second coming due to our own pride and ignorance and destruction of our planet.

I am a creationist and an evolutionist. If you aren't Charles Dawkins, there's no conflict at all between the two. This so called divide between science and God is due to a small lunatic fringe on both sides. We need to unite against our true enemy – Exxon!

Simo

MY THOUGHT...EARTH & ATMOPSHERE WERE SET UP WITH A DELICATE BALANCE...EARTH, AIR, WATER, AND PLANT LIFE. WORLDWIDE, WE HAVE MILLIONS & MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER "PIPED UP" TO AND FROM OUR BUILDINGS. WHAT MORE CAN OUR ENVIRONMENT DO BUT WARM UP TO MELT THE "RESERVE" WATER AT OUR POLES TO BE IN BALANCE ONCE AGAIN. THINK ABOUT IT

Hey Liz, What caused the ice that covered all of what is now Canada and the Northern States of what is now the United States to melt? Were the prehistoric Clovis People burning too much fuel and creating too much CO2 to keep warm?

The planet cools and warms in cycles just as everything else in nature.

To those that are skeptical and say this has happened so many times before...true. And that man has survived it in the past, also true. The part you are missing is the size of the population. Now, the climate change is affecting the largest populations in Earth's history. There is never any attempt being made to stabilize the population like they did in the 60's. Will man survive these changes, maybe, but how many will be left? Seems a pity that so many need to perish so we can drive our big SUV's, don't you think?

If the caps are melting and it's part of either a natural warming trend for the planet or man-made CO2 emissions – It's far too late to stop it.

IF it IS a natural trend based on some solar cycle or other mechanism – nothing humans can do will stop it.

IF it IS a human borne problem with gas emissions – think about this – you have BILLIONS of former 3rd world countries sweat shopping their way into the 21st century with the rest of us... Do you think they give a hill of beans about global warming when they get their first refrigerator? (Incidentally still using the "ozone killer" R12) OR get to drive one of our beloved automobiles like us schmoes here?

No. We are now wired to move forward and no one is going to change their tune until the effects of the change (already in progress) impact them in some tangible negative way.

This where Todd comes in. Todd, you'll get your wish, but what will limit human population will be some natural result of the climate change. Droughts, famine, flooding, disease, war, etc...

Nature will adjust – let's just hope we can.

Let's see.......in the last 250 yrs. the population of the world has???? Not doubled, not tripled..... think about it..... we are a virus that's out of control.....eating away everything in our path!! It's really time to wake up and realize we're not as smart as we think we are. 1 planet.....a future or not????? It's up to us to manage it the right way.

The human race is like a locust, swarming the planet, consuming everything it can, and through away the rest. Steven Hawkins is right. One day we will have to move on to other planets to survive. We can't control mother nature, she is controlling us. The only thing we have control over is how much garbage we put in the water and air. This "green" thing is marketing at it's best, and the government is not telling us everything we should know, in more ways than one.

Yes, but why doesn't the article state that April 2009 had record breaking arctic sea ice extent. Tell the rest of the story.

His hairstyle and ltegnh of hair on video of interview and at the time he got passport is the same. So is his dress, same shirt, same necktie. I would guess the video was made on the same day.