Canada: Arctic ice melt alarms scientists

Local professor relates first-hand view of faster-than-expected change

2 June 2012

...University of Manitoba Prof. David Barber, the lead investigator of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System study, said the rapid decay of thick Arctic Sea ice highlights the rapid pace of climate change in the North and forecasts what will come in the south....

Source: Arctic ice melt alarms scientists
Author: Winnipeg Free Press

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