Hmm, some sea ice expert, can't recall who, said several years ago that the first ice - free event would be quite sudden. (neven1.typepad.com)
«The Arctic is clearly experiencing the impacts of a prolonged and intensified warming trend,» said the report's co-editor, Jackie Richter - Menge, a sea ice expert at the Army Corps of Engineers» Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H. (scientificamerican.com)
Retreat at Thwaites Glacier, on the other hand — another of West Antarctica's monster glaciers, and currently the subject of greatest concern among Antarctic ice experts — has slightly increased in the last few years, from about 1,100 feet to nearly 1,400 feet per year. (scientificamerican.com)