Post by Teye22 on Dec 29, 2016 6:44:59 GMT -6
From article: www.cbc.ca/news/technology/arctic-temperatures-warmth-1.3910765
"On Thursday, the temperature there was almost 30 C warmer than average, and it continued into Friday morning. Ocean buoys recorded temperatures near the North Pole of 0 C or warmer. That's right: It's warmer in the Arctic than it is in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
This isn't an isolated event. Arctic temperatures have been unusually warm for the past few months, though perhaps not quite as dramatically different as we're seeing now.
....as it warms, older ice melts, leaving thin ice in its wake. This allows the ice to melt faster."
This is really bad! if this keeps going for too long, it could potentially be disastrous for us! melting ice will rise ocean levels and we all know too well what will come if that happens. Less ice = more warming doesn't it?! 
and the desalinization of ocean waters could wreck havoc on our weather patters (they said so in the movie The day after tomorrow 
).
Here are a few more graphs from the article (follow the link for the full article!
Thoughts?
