Record minimum Antarctic sea ice 'obliterates' previous low

Jan Lieser, a sea ice scientist at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre in Tasmania, said that the sea ice extentaround the continent had shrunk to 2.1091 million square kilometers.The area covered by ice has been threatening to drop below the previous minimum, 2.32 milli...

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Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: NewsGhana.com.gh 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Sea ice
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115270
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Summary:Jan Lieser, a sea ice scientist at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre in Tasmania, said that the sea ice extentaround the continent had shrunk to 2.1091 million square kilometers.The area covered by ice has been threatening to drop below the previous minimum, 2.32 million square kilometers recorded in February2011, for much of the southern summer and is now 10 percent lower.

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