Pole Melt No Big Deal, Scientists Say
Climatologist Dr. Mark Serreze at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, has announced that the recent appearance of open water at the North Pole “is nothing to be necessarily alarmed about.” He continued, “we have no clear evidence at this point that this is related to global climate change.” He stated that open water at the North Pole is a commonplace occurrence, but the only earlier satellite data showing the phenomenon was from July of 2000, a month earlier than the event reported recently.
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