Sea Ice 2008

  • Released Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record set in 2007 may not have been an anomaly. If recent trends in the melt rate continue, we could see a virtually ice-free Arctic each summer much sooner than previously thought.

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Photo Credit Robert Massim and Ted Scambos, NSIDC

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