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Old 09-07-2018, 04:27 PM   #2776 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
What scientific projections had both polar ice caps melting by 2010?

They are both melting more quickly than they had been projected to, even just a few years ago.

Antarctica has gone from record large area in just 2014 - to now a record low, just 4 years later.

The Arctic is now open during part of the year, and scientists are starting to map it.

Melting Arctic Ice Creates New Waterways — And Navigational Headaches | Here & Now
Trying to forget about al gore and not bothering to check this summers ice melt, or lack of ice melt?
A very inconvenient truth.

The ipcc the only reasonable group has be toning down their fire and brimstone projections in recent years.
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