record low 2016 Arctic sea ice
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cypresstx on 3/28/2016, 5:13 pm
Arctic sea ice was at a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second straight year. At 5.607 million square miles, it is the lowest maximum extent in the satellite record, and 431,000 square miles below the 1981 to 2010 average maximum extent
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-03-arctic-sea-ice-wintertime.html#jCp
Published on Mar 28, 2016
Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA. This short animation shows the Arctic sea ice freeze cycle from the last summertime minimum extent to March 24, when it reached its wintertime maximum extent: at 5.607 million square miles, it is the lowest maximum extent in the satellite record.
Credit: NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/C. Starr
This video is public domain and may be downloaded at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4440 |
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