Lowest Antarctic Sea Ice Record Broken for the Second Year in a Row

Antarctic sea ice extent dropped to its lowest level in 45 years of satellite observations on 2023 February 21, the second year in a row with an area below 2 million km 2 . This occurrence raises the question of whether the recent change in Antarctic sea ice is a brief anomaly or an early precursor...

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Published in:Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research
Main Authors: Liu, Jiping, Zhu, Zhu, Chen, Dake
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.34133/olar.0007
https://spj.science.org/doi/pdf/10.34133/olar.0007
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Summary:Antarctic sea ice extent dropped to its lowest level in 45 years of satellite observations on 2023 February 21, the second year in a row with an area below 2 million km 2 . This occurrence raises the question of whether the recent change in Antarctic sea ice is a brief anomaly or an early precursor to a transition to a long-term decline.