Arctic Melt

     In the article by Emily Sohn, she presented information that ice is decreasing in the Arctic Ocean.  Her three points were that the stronger winds blew some ice out of the Arctic Circle, cleaner air is letting in more sunlght that is melting the ice, and that the warmer water is melting the ice from below.  At the end of summer in 2007, the ice was 38% less than the end of summer the previous year.  This article is from the website www.sciencenewsforkids.com.