The Decreasing Arctic Ice Cover
JAN 01, 2000
New studies indicate that the Arctic Ocean’s ice cover is about 40% thinner than it was 20 to 40 years ago, and the area of its perennial ice could be shrinking at a rate of about 7% per decade.
DOI: 10.1063/1.882931
Ongoing monitoring of Earth’s north polar region has been turning up numerous signs of change in its atmosphere, waters, and ice pack (see P
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