Antarctic sea ice now at lowest levels since record keeping began (preliminary NSIDC figures)

Antarctic sea ice is now at its lowest extent since record-keeping on the subject began in1979, based on preliminary satellite data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center(NSIDC).Sea ice extent in Antarctica typically reaches its low point for the year towards the end ofFebruary, before the So...

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Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Feedburner 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
Low Point
Antarc*
Antarctica
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Sea ice
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/114772
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Summary:Antarctic sea ice is now at its lowest extent since record-keeping on the subject began in1979, based on preliminary satellite data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center(NSIDC).Sea ice extent in Antarctica typically reaches its low point for the year towards the end ofFebruary, before the Southern Hemisphere begins heading into autumn and sea ice extentbegins growing again. As of February 13th, though, sea ice extent in Antarctica totaled only2.287 million square kilometers (883,015 square miles) making for a new record lowextent. (February 14th apparently then saw a lower extent, 2.224 million square kilometers.)

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