First Annotated Bibliography

Serreze, Mark C., Holland, Marika M., and Stoeve, Julienne. "Perspectives on the Arctic's Shrinking Sea-Ice Cover." Science 16 March 2007: 1533-1536.

This article explores the evidence that the arctic sea-ice is rapidly reducing in thickness over the period from 1979 to 2006. The authors show that may factors have contributed to arctic warming over the past few decades such as greenhouse gas loading and ice-ocean heat exchange changes. By discussing the rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and increasing ice loss, the authors show that the transition of the Arctic's environment may be even more rapid once the ice thins to a more vulnerable state. This is a significant to my study involving rising sea levels because this article shows the causes and effects of rising sea levels in the Arctic.