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5 January 2011
NOAA/NSIDC: December Arctic Sea Ice Lowest on Record
The National Snow Ice Data Center (NSIDC) released the Arctic ice summary for December today. It’s the lowest on record at 12 million square km. This is 270,000 sq. km below the previous record. The highly negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation is likely a contributing factor here. The negative NAO has drained much of the polar cold down into two main regions; Eastern N. America and Western Europe. …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.