Arctic ice melting faster

摘要

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise (above) is hosting world sea ice expert Dr Peter Wadhams who is conducting research into sea ice loss in the Arctic Ocean, off the northeast coast of Greenland. Dr Wadhams said, 'It's clear we can't rely on current models of prediction for sea ice melt, as they have been constantly outpaced since the 1980s.' The National Snow and Ice Data Center has recently announced that the area covered by summer sea ice in 2009 was the third-lowest in history.