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<p><a href="http://exploreourpla.net/explorer/?map=Arc&amp;sat=ter&amp;lvl=4&amp;lat=88.657681&amp;lon=3.424693&amp;yir=2010&amp;dag=270">Arctic Hole</a></p>
<p>It appeared on September 16, and continues to grow &#8211; now covering everything on the planet north of 83N.</p>
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<p>At current growth rates, it should consume the entire northern hemisphere in only 46 days. The <a href="http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/webphotos/noaa2.jpg">NOAA webcam image</a> below shows what we can expect once the hole has engulfed us.</p>
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<p>It is not too late. Call up Nancy Pelosi and demand that she raise taxes, to save the planet from this scourge which has already ravaged much of the Arctic.</p>
<p>This shocking development brought to you courtesy of the climate scientists who like  to apply linear fits to all sorts of non-linear (cyclical) behaviour.</p>
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