Thursday, November 15, 2012

Winds Seen As Key Driver Of Antarctica’s Growing Sea Ice

Climate Central: It was big news in September when scientists announced that Arctic sea ice had melted back to its lowest extent on record, thanks largely to the heat-trapping greenhouse gases generated by human activity. It was smaller news a few weeks later when they noted that the sea ice at the opposite end of the globe had swelled to its greatest extent to date -- largely because the swelling wasn't all that pronounced, because September marks the end of winter in Antarctica, when you'd expect there to be lots...

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