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Wait a second. We created a greenhouse effect and heated the Earth so that ice formed in the arctic? Maybe I read that wrong?ZardozGood BBC synopsis of the "state of the ice", worldwide:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4315968.stm
"Back in geological history, about 55 million years ago, the Arctic was a warm (possibly 20C) shallow sea that would have been ice-free without the intervention of a human-enhanced greenhouse effect.
Natural variations may be playing a role in the picture seen now; but, as with other parts of the planet, it is the speed of change which alarms many researchers as much as the change itself."
My immature side did find a great quote in that article though. ...the current rate of shrinkage they calculate at around 8% per decade.