[Vision2020] Geophysical Research Letters: Arctic Summer Could Be Ice-free By 2040

[Ted Moffett]

 By Sara Goudarzi
 Updated: 2:42 p.m. PT Dec 11, 2006

If you're looking to photograph a polar bear hopping sea ice floes on your
next summer <http://www.livescience.com/environment/050823_ice_free.html>cruise,
you better hurry because in 30 years, the Arctic Sea could be free
of ice.
Simulating the climate with computer models, researchers analyzed how global
warming could affect sea ice in the future. The results, published in the
Dec. 12 issue of *Geophysical Research Letters,* indicate that if greenhouse
gases <http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_060315_carbon_dioxide.html>continue
being released at their current rate, most of the Arctic basin will
be ice free in September by 2040.

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