Archives: October2009

• Stormier Arctic Predicted as Ice Melts

  With summer ice apparently disappearing in the Arctic, the regions faces a stormy future, according to a recent atmospheric study—more rain, more snow, more whitecaps.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Arctic Largely Ice Free in Summer Within Ten Years?

  The Arctic Ocean could be largely ice free in summer within a decade, scientists announced today—the latest in a stream of wildly varying predictions. What does it all mean?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• FIREBALL PICTURE: Meteor Explodes Over the Netherlands

  A huge fireball streaked over several Dutch towns on Tuesday before it broke apart, creating a sonic boom that rattled windows, witnesses report.