Brave New Arctic
An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing Arctic
In the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The Arctic''s perennially frozen ground, known as permafrost, was warming, and treeless tundra was being...
An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing Arctic
In the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The Arctic''s perennially frozen ground, known as permafrost, was warming, and treeless tundra was being...
