Model shows polar ice caps can recover from warmer climate-induced melting
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 16:30
in Earth & Climate
A growing body of recent research indicates that, in Earth's warming climate, there is no "tipping point," or threshold warm temperature, beyond which polar sea ice cannot recover if temperatures come back down. New University of Washington research indicates that even if Earth warmed enough to melt all polar sea ice, the ice could recover if the planet cooled again.