Wadhams on Ice

[Falcon]

Professor Peter Wadhams, Head of the Polar Oceans Physics Group at
Cambridge University:

"For 40 years I have been measuring sea ice thickness in the Arctic from UK
submarines. I first detected substantial thinning in 1990, and since the
most recent submarine voyage in 2007 I have been warning that the
combination of sea ice retreat and a massive amount of thinning *will lead
to the disappearance of the summer sea ice by as early as 2015*. Despite
the fact that this is a simple extrapolation of a clear and measured trend
I have been vilified by scientific colleagues for making such a seemingly
radical prediction. I am pleased to see these same colleagues now jumping
on the bandwagon and supporting my prediction"

So now we know.

* my emphasis

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