Russian scientists have long camped out for years at a time on ice-floes in the Arctic Ocean. Last September a group of scientists set up camp again, but instead of finding a thick, wide patch of ice on which to conduct their research the researchers had to settle for half the thickness and half the width. The ice floe was 3 miles long by 1.8 miles wide.Now, just nine months later the patch of ice measures just shy of 2,000 feet long by 980 feet wide. And warm water is up ahead. they're abandoning their ice floe and their research before the floe collapses entirely.
American and Canadian scientists say this year melting in the Arctic has begun at least four weeks sooner than average. It will likely meet or exceed last year's record breaking seasonal melt.
As Mr. Rogers once said, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood."
[via BBC]
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