“Arctic Climate Turning Warmer; Glaciers Melting
Oakland Tribune FEBRUARY 18, 1925
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Arctic Climate Turning Warmer Glaciers Melting
By HAL O’FLAHERTY.
(Special Cable to The Oakland TRIBUNE and the Chicago Daily News.)LONDON, Feb. 18.—The latest, investigations confirm the theory that the arctic climate has changed considerably in recent years. The temperature of the Gulf Stream, which tn 1925, was higher than in the previous year, shows an average increase of from four to five degrees centigrade since 1900 when it was.first measured by the explorer Nansen.
The ‘chief proof of the change in climate is the remarkable shrinkage of the glaciers which have retreated from three to four miles, showing that the mild air has caused corrosion for a considerable time,
Owing to the altered conditions, Spitsbergen, which in former years was isolated by the heavy ice of the ocean from October to May, may become approachable in winter. And for the first time on record a ship has been dispatched there in February,”
