Article: Boulder researchers stunned by rapid retreat of Arctic sea ice.(News)

Article: Arctic sea ice cover shatters all-time ...
The Hindustan Times;  September 21, 2007 ;     505 words ... ... Washington, Sept. 21 -- The Arctic Sea ice cover has reached an all-time ... completely shattered them". The Arctic sea ice extent on September 16 was calculated ... Scientists blame the declining Arctic sea ice on rising concentrations of greenhouse ...

Article: Monitoring changes in polar sea ice: Arctic ...
GEO: connexion;  October 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... witnessed record summer reductions in Arctic sea ice extent and thickness, and in Antarctica ... years, and measurements suggest sea ice extent has declined by 10% since ... Earth, obtaining measurements of Arctic sea ice was extremely difficult before ...

Article: US Interior Department to list polar bear as threatened because ...
AP Worldstream;  May 14, 2008 ;     673 words ... ... are threatened by the decline in Arctic sea ice. They spoke on condition of anonymity ... scientists saying the decline in Arctic sea ice could result in two-thirds of ... continuing warming and loss of Arctic sea ice. The Arctic sea ice serves ...

Article: Arctic sea ice hits second lowest extent ...
The Hindustan Times;  October 3, 2008 ;     641 words ... ... HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 3 -- Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped ... indicate 2008 may represent the lowest volume of Arctic sea ice on record. The declining Arctic sea ice is due to rising concentrations of greenhouse ...

Article: NASA Sees Rapid Changes in Arctic Sea Ice.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  September 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... ice raises the possibility that Arctic sea ice will retreat to another record ... While the total area of all the Arctic sea ice was stable in winter, the distribution ... significantly. "Recent changes in Arctic sea ice are rapid and dramatic," said ...

Article: NASA SEES RAPID CHANGES IN ARCTIC SEA ICE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... ice raises the possibility that Arctic sea ice will retreat to another record ... While the total area of all the Arctic sea ice was stable in winter, the distribution ... significantly. "Recent changes in Arctic sea ice are rapid and dramatic," said ...

Article: Optimization of a Sea Ice Model Using Basinwide ...
Journal of Climate;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction Sea ice is important to the climate system ... It is therefore important that sea ice is modeled as accurately as possible ... albedo feedback due to a changing Arctic sea ice cover represent a large uncertainty ...