Warning From NSIDC: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Fast

by steve468 | September 17, 2007 at 06:25 am
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Fall 2007: Extent of Arctic Meltdown

Fall 2007: Extent of Arctic Meltdown

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Sea ice extent continues to decline, and is now at 4.24 million square kilometers (1.63 million square miles), falling yet further below the previous record absolute minimum of 5.32 million square kilometers (2.05 million square miles) that occurred on September 20–21, 2005


 Data derived from Sea Ice Index data set.

Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center.[/q]

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