CLIMATE CHANGE:
Is Battered Arctic Sea Ice Down For the Count?
Richard A. Kerr
A few years ago, researchers modeling the fate of Arctic sea ice under global warming saw a good chance that the ice could disappear, in summertime at least, by the end of the 21st century. Now, after watching Arctic sea ice shrink back last month to a startling record-low area, scientists are
worried that even 2050 may be overoptimistic.