Friday, September 21, 2012

Visualizing 2012’s Record Arctic Sea Ice Melt

Climate Central: The National Snow and Ice Data Center announced on September 19 that Arctic sea ice had reached its minimum extent for 2012 -- and that minimum was drastically lower than the previous record, set in 2007, by an area about the size of Texas. On average, more and more sea ice has been melting each summer, with widespread implications for the rest of the world. Studies show that most of the modern sea ice melt is most likely largely due to manmade global warming. When white, highly reflective ice...

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