11-04-2016, 06:46 AM
Arctic Sea Ice Is Losing Its Bulwark
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Source: NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day, 2016 November 04
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NASA Earth Observatory Wrote:In 1984, there were 1.86 million square kilometers of old ice spread across the Arctic at its yearly minimum extent. In September 2016, there were only 110,000 square kilometers of old ice left.
Source: NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day, 2016 November 04