Samwik,
Thanks for your reply. Of course, I agree with everything you said..."soot is a major factor in Arctic melting...soot and many pollutants tend to migrate poleward...Cutting CO2 won't solve the ice melting problem".

For those who wish to end the speculation as to what caused the record melt last year, please watch the video. I have posted this on another forum (non-science) and was verbally attacked by a group of angry alarmists who refused to watch the video. lol.

Allow me to rephrase the question...

After watching the video, do you agree that soot from the Middle East was the cause of the record Arctic melt last year?

Once we get past this stage, we can move forward and discuss my other observations.

Thanks