Record low reported for Arctic sea ice
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028725
BBC : This year the maximum level of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, as measured on 25 February, was found to be 130 000 km2 below the previous record low, which was set in 2011. Since satellite records began in the late 1970s, the annual mean Arctic sea-ice thickness has decreased by 65%, according to a recent study . Although the Arctic Ocean will continue to freeze each winter and thaw each summer, regardless of climate change, scientists are observing a fairly clear pattern of substantial sea-ice loss over time. The consequences could prove profound for people, animals, and plants not only in polar regions but also around the world, said Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics.
