Arctic sea ice hits smallest extent in satellite era
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 19 September, 2012
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The frozen cap of the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its annual summertime minimum extent and broken a new record low on Sept. 16, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has reported. Analysis of satellite data showed that the sea ice extent shrunk to 1.32 million square miles (3.41 million square kilometers)....