The Arctic is likely to become “ice-free” by midcentury—and could pass that grim milestone much sooner unless much more is done to combat climate change
Well, good luck with that.
there is a relevant xkcd comic showing the heat of the earth since humans have been able to record it…the last half inch is humans…
BOE 2025 LET’S GOOO
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I was in the audience at Web 2.0 Summit in 2008 when Al Gore said on stage that according to scientists this would happen “within five years”.
I guess the models and estimates changed. Science is like that: it responds to new discoveries. It’s only a minor difference in the time scale though: whether it’s 2013 or 2030, we’re in serious trouble now.
It’s the difference between scientific consensus and doomists.
Scientific consensus isn’t that the north pole sea will be ice free in the summer in the next few years.
Pretty amazing to see all these downvotes on a purely factual statement. Watch it yourselves:
