Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Good news for Arctic, as sea ice volume up by half

Good news for Arctic, as sea ice volume up by half
Paris (AFP) Dec 16, 2013 - Arctic sea ice last month was around 50 percent higher in volume compared with a year earlier, following a recovery in area this summer, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday. This is some good news for the Arctic, but does not reverse a longer trend of decline, it said. Data from ESA's high-tech ice-monitoring satellite CryoSat found that in October this year, there was about 9,00 ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Good_news_for_Arctic_as_sea_ice_volume_up_by_half_999.html
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