Science Friday

By Paige Blankenbuehler - Summit Daily News

The Wilderness Society released a western poll on voters' attitudes toward renewable-energy development on public lands Wednesday that showed broad support of solar and wind energy programs.

MILFORD, Beaver County — A poll released Wednesday shows an overwhelming majority of voters in 11 Western states support developing renewable energy on public lands and favor ways to return some of the earnings for conservation or recreational opportunities.

That red line is the median Arctic ice extent from 1979-2000. The rate at which ice has shrunk since then has taken scientists by surprise—as the BBC notes, climatologists were forced to reassess the date at which we'd see the first ice-free Arctic summer.