"We know that the Arctic is the most sensitive region on the Earth when it comes to warming, but there has been some question about how unusual the current Arctic warming is compared to the natural variability of the last thousand years," said Marchitto, also an associate professor in CU-Boulder's geological sciences department. "We found that modern Fram Strait water temperatures are well outside the natural bounds."
I believe these discoveries are absolutely significant.Now as to whether it is simply a case of us just now presently being able to measure & see a natural climatic change and then compare to what we have actually recorded and known up until this point is still too early to say for sure.
Talk about 'cosmic climate change' (i.e.- the planets in our solar system undergoing climatic changes simultaneously to Earth ) I think has to be included in the discussion to be weighed overall as a possibility.
Are we now starting to see actual signs of entering an ice age in the near future? possibly sooner than later from what we are being told or that we expect?
The point I would like to make without the argument of the "why" or "when" ( natural climate cycles,man made greenhouse emissions etc.) I'd like to say it is my opinion no matter what theory you believe,the fact of the matter is something is happening to the planet.
