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Yes, there is floating sea ice in the Arctic; and it's melting!
- In the 1980s average minimum Arctic sea ice (that is, in the summer) was 7.4 million square kilometers.
- In the 1990s it was 6.8 million.
- In the 2000s it was 5.7 million.
- In 2012 it was 3.41 million, the lowest ever.
Scientists used to say the Arctic would be ice free by 2050. Now they think certainly by 2030, and perhaps even by about 2016.
The speed of events is why scientists are so worried. The only known way to stop this melt is to cut greenhouse emissions triggering these changes, and there are few signs of that occurring.
''This is absolutely the critical decade for action,'' said Australian climate expert Tim Flannery.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe Arctic tundra is always cold year round. The average temperature is negative 18 degrees Fahrenheit and get much colder during the winter.
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∙ 10y agoNo. You'll find arctic tundra in the Arctic.
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∙ 7y agoBecause there is less sunlight hitting the surface there. Which makes it colder
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∙ 12y agoyes!
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What is an arctic ice caps?
It is an ice cap (ice berg) found in the arctic.
Are diamonds mined in the arctic?
NOTHING is mined in the arctic. The arctic is only ice.
Is the Arctic melting?
YES the Arctic has seen ice loss.
Is it the Arctic or the Antarctic region that is solid ice?
The arctic is is mostly ice. Antarctica is a continent that is included in the antarctic region.
Is antarctica a continent covered by ice and snow just like the arctic?
yes, with exception that the arctic's ice is melting
How much more ice has the arctic over Antarctica?
There is much more ice covering Antarctica -- about 90% of the earth's store of ice -- than in the Arctic.
What are Arctic rocks?
The Arctic is a mass of floating ice, so there are no rocks.
The ice sheet is approximately 1500 meters thick in the Arctic or Antarctica?
The ice sheet exceeds 1500 meters in both of these ice sheets, with the Arctic ice sheet referring to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
When will there be no Arctic?
There will always be an Arctic becsuse the Arctic is a place. The ice is melting and it is warming and changing, but it will be there. There will always be ice there though, because it still gets very cold in the winter.
Is it colder in the Antarctic then arctic?
Yes, it is colder, by about 30 degrees F. Why? Antarctica is a continent covered with ice. The Arctic ice simply freezes over sea water. The ice area in the Arctic is significantly smaller than the ice sheet that covers Antarctica.
What does the Greek word arctic mean in English?
The same as in Greek. Polar, Arctic.
How is is the arctic ocean?
its ice is melting
