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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/06/27/north.pole.melting/index.html
"We kind of have an informal betting pool going around in our center and that betting pool is 'does the North Pole melt out this summer?' and it may well," said the center's senior research scientist Mark Serreze.
If they have a pool going, why don't we?
Another quote for suspension date: "The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September."
"We kind of have an informal betting pool going around in our center and that betting pool is 'does the North Pole melt out this summer?' and it may well," said the center's senior research scientist Mark Serreze.
If they have a pool going, why don't we?
Another quote for suspension date: "The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September."
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Suspend date: Mon 1st Sep 12:59am PDT
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%
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Guardian Unlimited 22 weeks ago
guardian.co.uk Blogs : http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/environment/
score: 10
Telegraph 22 weeks ago
By Paul Eccleston Ice at the North Pole may disappear completely within the next few months for the first time in 20,000 years. Arctic sea ice is now retreating so quickly that scientists say
score: 10
The Australian 22 weeks ago
THE Arctic ice cap, damaged by a record melt last year, is at good odds to disappear altogether this northern summer, polar scientists have warned. The ice edge shrank to within about 1100km
score: 10
LiveNews 22 weeks ago
The North Pole could be totally free of ice this summer if the dire predictions of a climate change scientist come to fruition. Mark Serreze of the US National Snow and Ice
score: 10
CNN 22 weeks ago
The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September as global warming melts away Arctic sea ice, according to scientists from the in Boulder, Colorado. Scientists say it's a 50-50 bet that
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