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Arctic sea ice minimum shatters all-time record low, report

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Arctic sea ice minimum shatters all-time record low, report University of Colorado scientists

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Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center said today that the extent of Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its minimum for 2007 on Sept. 16, shattering all previous lows since satellite record-keeping began nearly 30 years ago.

The Arctic sea ice extent on Sept. 16 stood at 1.59 million square miles, or 4.13 million square kilometers, as calculated using a five-day running average, according to the team. Compared to the long-term minimum average from 1979 to 2000, the new minimum extent was lower by about 1 million square miles -- an area about the size of Alaska and Texas combined, or 10 United Kingdoms, they reported.

The minimum also breaks the previous minimum set on Sept. 20 and Sept. 21 of 2005 by about 460,000 square miles, an area roughly the size of Texas and California combined, or five United Kingdoms, they found. The sea ice extent is the total area of all Arctic regions where ice covers at least 15 percent of the ocean surface
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/uoca-asi092007.php
Andre

But what would that all signify?

http://www.john-daly.com/polar/arctic.htm

There may be more reasons for more ice to melt under the ice.
scpg02

Andre wrote:
But what would that all signify?

http://www.john-daly.com/polar/arctic.htm

There may be more reasons for more ice to melt under the ice.


And wasn't it you, well someone on this forum, pointed out that this is not the first time the passage has been open in recorded history?
Latecommer

And remember "all time record" is just the 28 years the satallite record covers.

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