Science Hax

Scientists have been claiming that the Arctic Ocean could be very much free of ice during the summer within the space of a decade (although the predictions vary wildly). This claim has been supported by the results of the studies by scientists over the spring: taking measurements across a 280-mile (450km) long stretch along the Beaufort Sea. Their conclusions were that the ice found was mostly young and thin. Peter Wadhams, a sea-ice expert ba...