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metreon · 06-20-08, 12:52 AM

I didn't quite catch the description of these temperature measurements, are they air or surface temps? The reason I ask is because something is causing polar ice to progressively melt in the arctic on a year to year basis, and an accompanying decline in local tempertures is counterintuitive. Is the sea warming substantially?

What mechanism would you propose to explain simultaneous cooling but increased summer ice melting...higher summer temps but lower winter temps? The antarctic might support cooling data due to its increased ice thickness in some areas, but even that data seems inconsistent since many ice shelves have broken up in recent years. That might also support something happening within the sea, - increased thermal and kinetic energy?

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metreon Student Join Date: Nov 2007 Last Online: 11-17-08 06:50 PM Posts: 195 Thanks: 5 Thanked 70 Times in 50 Posts Lean: Independent Gender:	Re: May Had Fourth Coldest Globar Temperatures I didn't quite catch the description of these temperature measurements, are they air or surface temps? The reason I ask is because something is causing polar ice to progressively melt in the arctic on a year to year basis, and an accompanying decline in local tempertures is counterintuitive. Is the sea warming substantially? What mechanism would you propose to explain simultaneous cooling but increased summer ice melting...higher summer temps but lower winter temps? The antarctic might support cooling data due to its increased ice thickness in some areas, but even that data seems inconsistent since many ice shelves have broken up in recent years. That might also support something happening within the sea, - increased thermal and kinetic energy? Last edited by metreon : 06-20-08 at 12:54 AM.