Global Warming... a reality?

Warning! All scientists are worried about the results of ice melting. In fact, they have noticed that we are in the worst year. Last night the US organisation published the data for the winter of 2009/2010 showing the maximum extent reached on March 31st was 5.89m square miles (15.25m sq km). This was 250,000 square miles (650,000 sq km) below the 1979 to 2000 average for March when measurements are taken for winter sea ice. The rate of decline for March over the 1978 to 2010 period is 2.6% per decade, according to NSIDC data.

Some people try to explain that Artic ice reflects the sunlight and moderating the global climate.

A research scientist at NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center), Walt Meier, said « I think it's the sixth or seventh lowest maximum out of the previous 32 years ». For him, the Global Warming is the main cause of ice melting. As we can see, this year became an historically result.

We must not forget 2007. Indeed, Artic lost an area of ice the size of Alaska in one year. « I would say [it's going to be] low, perhaps one of the lowest, but not approaching 2007," said Meier.

Moreover, last month, Japanese scientists reported in the Geophysical newspaper that winds rather than climate change could be responsible for around one-third of the decline of the sea since 1979.

Whatever, the matter is not how could you explain the decrease of sea ice? But how many ice square we have lost this year?

KitKat