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| Source: http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/arctic.sea.ice.interactive.html |
For more information, check out the National Snow & Ice Center's Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis web page.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Uncharted Territory
Arctic sea-ice extent is presently the lowest on this day in the satellite era (yellow line below), which begins in 1979.
Time will tell if we will set a record for the warm-season minimum, which usually occurs in September.
For more information, check out the National Snow & Ice Center's Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis web page.
For more information, check out the National Snow & Ice Center's Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis web page.
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Unless I missed a day on that chart from 2007 or 2011, today has already set the record Arctic sea ice minimum area just edging out Sept. 12, 2011.
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