if you check the calendar, this arctic melting started after 1999, when we observed large numbers of persistant condensation trails being laid in our atmosphere (some say the switch to jp-8 fuel caused the change in contrails)

if this much melting can happen in 7 years, by the change of jet fuel, it appears that we opened pandora's box without realizing it

and, NO, the Kyoto protocol will NOT stop this process

those who attempted to stop global warming by depositing aerosols in the skies have actually speeded up the process, how ironic