February Arctic sea ice at a record low in 2018
A wedge of open water formed north of Svalbard and well into the Arctic Ocean in late February, satellite images
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Will Arctic sea ice shrink to new record low this summer?
Now that Arctic sea ice has begun its annual melt after reaching a record-low winter maximum extent earlier this month,
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North and South poles post low sea ice extent in December: NSIDC
Sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic set record low extents every day in December, according to the latest
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Waters in ice-free Arctic now four degrees warmer than normal
Sea ice on the top of the world melts to second lowest on record. The September sun is low on
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Arctic sea ice nears its minimum extent for 2016
Average sea ice extent for August 2016 was 5.6 million square kilometers (2.16 million square miles), the fourth lowest August
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