Due to prevalence of young ice in the strait, it is expected that movement of ice from the Lincoln Sea in the North through the strait will begin some time early in July. (searcharcticscience.org)
They report larger variations in measured CO2 with per - cm vertical distance in younger ice earlier in an ice core clathrate zone, and smaller variations in older ice at deeper core, consistent with increasing homogeneity with time. (wattsupwiththat.com)
The 2008 observations reinforce our contention that the record minimum of 2007 was less just the damage left by a perfect storm of unusual winds, but more the result of a gradual erosion of the mean sea ice thickness over the past 20 years and the increasing abundance of thin young ice at the beginning of the melt season. (searcharcticscience.org)