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Arctic ice melt sets yet another record

2015-03-30 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Every year around the end of February, after a long winter, Arctic ice reaches its maximum extent. This year that happened around Feb. 25, when it encompassed 14.54 million square kilometers (5.61 million square miles) of ice around the North Pole. Sound like a lot? Its not. Really, really not. This years maximum extent was the lowest on record. The plot above shows the situation. The solid line shows the average ice extent over the year (measured from 1981 to 2010) and the gray area represents...

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