Researchers Say North Pole Could Be Ice-Free By 2100

Researchers Say North Pole Could Be Ice-Free By 2100

A review of existing computer climate models suggests that global warming could transform the North Pole into an ice-free expanse of open ocean at the end of each summer by 2100, scientists reported today.

The researchers said that of the 15 models they looked at, about half forecast that the sea-ice cover--a continent-sized expanse that shrinks and regrows with the seasons--would seasonally vanish by the turn of the century.

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