When Will the North Pole Melt?
December 19, 2017
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as posted by the channelIn the near future, the North Pole could truly be relegated to the realm of history. In fact, since scientists started measuring winter sea ice, we’ve lost half a million square miles of it—and for every additional ton of carbon dioxide in the air, about 32 square feet of summer sea ice disappears.
In this episode of You Are Here, The Atlantic writer Robinson Meyer details the history of the mythical North Pole and its uncertain future.
Sources/ Further Reading
Santa Claus & the North Pole
Smithsonian | “Where Does Santa Live?” |
NYTimes | “Santa Claus and His Works” |
History of Arctic Sea Ice
Polyak et al (2010) | “History of sea ice in the Arctic” | Quarternary Science Reviews |
Sea Ice Record Lows
National Snow & Ice Data Center | 1) | 2)
Sea ice on track to disappear from the arctic during the summer by ~2050
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (interviews)
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Connection between CO2 & sea ice melting
Dirk Notz, Julienne Stroeve (2016) | Science Magazine |
Russian tanker in the Arctic
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