Arctic melting.

• Position: Climate change - Brief article

See "Living With Climate Change in the Arctic," September/October 2005, p. 18

An extensive study of Arctic climate change involving some 120 scientists from 11 countries has boosted concerns about the impact of fast-melting polar ice on Inuit communities. Polar sea ice is now melting at a rate of some 74,000 square kilometers a year, an area about the size of Lake Superior. The...