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Arctic sea ice "recovers" to its 6th-lowest extent in millennia
2013-09-19 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As Suzanne Goldenberg reported in The Guardian yesterday, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum extent, at approximately 5.1 million square kilometers. This is the 6th-lowest extent since the satellite record began in 1979. But in fact, scientists have also reconstructed Arctic sea ice extent data much further into the past. For example, Drs. Walsh & Chapman from the University of Illinois have estimated sea ice extent as far back as the year 1870 using a vast array of data...
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