re: #406 Charles
By the way, it’s not “models” that show the increasingly rapid loss of sea ice at both poles — it’s actual physical measurements, both from satellites and from ground-based scientific teams.
This is a fact. The North Pole in particular is almost certainly going to become open ocean in the near future — the amount of “old ice” has declined drastically.
Here’s a sea ice comparison app/webpage:
It’s set up to compare 11/2/79 and 11/1/09