Whither Antarctic sea ice?

To an observer from space, the growth and retreat of the white ring of sea ice around Antarctica would be one of the clearest signs that Earth's climate varies on seasonal and longer time scales. However, the record of satellite observations is too short to assess whether there have been climat...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Author: Wolff, Eric W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2003
Subjects:
Meteorology and Climatology
Glaciology
Earth Sciences
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13067/
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/302/5648/1164.full
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Summary:To an observer from space, the growth and retreat of the white ring of sea ice around Antarctica would be one of the clearest signs that Earth's climate varies on seasonal and longer time scales. However, the record of satellite observations is too short to assess whether there have been climate-related trends in sea ice extent.

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