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No record, but Arctic sea ice will be among 10 lowest
2014-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean at the end of the summer season likely won't surpass the record low of 2012, but 2014 will still likely rank as one of the lowest minimum extents (or areas) in the record books. Arctic sea ice extent for July 15, 2014 was 3.22 million square miles. The orange line shows the 1981 to 2010 average extent for that month. That's according to Julienne Stroeve, a scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. "It's likely that it...
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