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17 September 2008
2008 Now Second Lowest for Arctic Ice
I mentioned a few weeks back that we were very close to matching last year’s record low in Arctic ice. The ice usually reaches it’s greatest melt back the first week in September. The data is in ,and we just barely missed breaking another record. 2006 is now the second lowest on record. More, and more of the ice researchers believe we have reached the tipping point. Once we pass …
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.