News Source: Sify News
| 2 months ago
A new study has found that the Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for this year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979. The study was carried out by researchers from to the...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 2 months ago
At its smallest extent this summer, on 12 September, the ice covered 5.10 million sq km (1.97 million sq miles). This was larger than the minima seen in the last two years, and leaves 2007's record low of 4.1 million sq km (1.6 million sq miles)...
News Source: Virginian-Pilot Online
| 2 months ago
The summer melt of Arctic sea ice wasn't quite as bad this year as the last two years...The National Snow and Ice Data Center announced Thursday that the Arctic sea ice reached its annual low last week...Arctic sea ice is important because it helps...