SKIRMISHER

NASA’s latest satellite video of the “astounding loss of Arctic sea ice” — showing how much ice has melted within a span of a mere 2 years (Sept. 21, 2005 to Sept. 14, 2007) — should be enough to shrink the balls of any hardened, misled human.

The area of the perennial ice has been steadily decreasing since the satellite record began in 1979, at a rate of about 10% per decade. But the 2007 minimum, reached on September 14, is far below the previous record made in 2005 and is about 38% lower than the climatological average. Such a dramatic loss has implications for ecology, climate and industry.

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