U.S. Playing Game of Catch-Up Dealing With Melting Arctic

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    U.S. Playing Game of Catch-Up Dealing With Melting Arctic

    climate changeIn Rapidly Changing Arctic, U.S. Playing Game of Catch-Up (via Climate Central)

    By Andrew Freedman Follow @afreedma With Arctic sea ice thinning and shrinking rapidly in recent years, the U.S. military and scientific agencies are scrambling to cope with the looming prospect of a seasonally ice-free Arctic Ocean. At a meeting in…

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