The Arctic Perennial Sea Ice Could Be Gone By End Of The Century

[Ivan Seeking]

A NASA study finds that perennial sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster than previously thought—at a rate of 9 percent per decade. If these melting rates continue for a few more decades, the perennial sea ice will likely disappear entirely within this century, due to rising temperatures and interactions between ice, ocean and the atmosphere that accelerate the melting process.

http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2002/2002112710960.html