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Old 11-27-2012, 04:11 PM   #132 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
August 2016 +3 years \ -2 years we will have no permanent Arctic ice.



This is the new "normal".
I'll bet a bottle of Lindemans that it won't be ice free, but if it is then it won't be the first time.

One thing I will say (and maybe this is a surprise to those who think me a mindless "de...") if the ice does go I really hope that governments involved take serious steps to preserve the region, and the same for the Antarctic. As has been discussed before humankind moving into a wilderness doesn't tend to end well for the wilderness itself.
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