[global warming] the arctic is indeed shrinking

Aljazeerah is not where you’d expect to read about global warming but here it is. This one’s for the skeptics: arctic sea ice declined by 14 per cent between 2004 and 2005 in what some climate scientists are saying is a clear sign of global warming. Unusually warm temperatures in the region are shortening the winter ice season and have caused the perennial sea ice, which should stay frozen all year, to reduce dramatically. On Wednesday, Josefino Comiso of Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre outside Washington DC said: "The greenhouse phenomenon is actually becoming apparent in the Arctic. I’d love to read the sceptics’ argument. More here.