that was a good find , Bill S.
have you considered that the new waves are causing the
sea ice to break up in the summer time?
I mean until recently the sea ice hasn't been breaking up
during the summer time , so would it be reasonable to think
that millions of pounds of water pushing up from underneath
and washing up over the top of an ice sheet
(depending on the height of the ice sheet of course)
could have some tiny amount of force that could possibly
break up the ice sheet?
once broken up by the waves the chunks of ice would be
surrounded by warmer water that does not reflect the heat
from the sun which melts the ice.
it cant be warmer temperatures because the temperatures
aren't increasing according to the increasing amount of
snow and ice accumulating on the artic and surrounding land.
we also are experiencing the effects of storms further south
of the artic , and plenty of them.
