scientists project that the arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013.
scientists project that the arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013.
arctic sea ice decline:245
given the estimated trend and the volume estimate for october–november of 2007 at less than 9,000 km3, one can project that at this rate it would take only 9 more years or until 2016 ± 3 years to reach a nearly ice-free arctic ocean in summer.