Sleepless Persephone

An innovative NASA measure of "perennial" Arctic sea ice found that it declined by 14% between 2004 and 2005. More not-so-surprising evidence that the rate of Arctic melting is speeding up. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it: I think it would be sensible to chuck conservative, straight-line projections out the window and seriously speculate about the possibility of very rapid, drastic climate changes that may take place in a matter of decades.