It's happening faster than anyone has expected:
Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military.Scientists travelling with the troops found major new fractures during an assessment of the state of giant ice shelves in Canada's far north.
According to another scientist on the expedition, Dr Luke Copland of the University of Ottawa,
"We're seeing very dramatic changes; from the retreat of the glaciers, to the melting of the sea ice."We had 23% less (sea ice) last year than we've ever had, and what's happening to the ice shelves is part of that picture."
And yet another researcher, Derek Mueller of Trent University, Ontario, remarked:
"I was astonished to see these new cracks. It means the ice shelf is disintegrating, the pieces are pinned together like a jigsaw but could float away."
It seems like every new discovery up there just reinforces the idea that the Arctic is just melting away...
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