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30 August 2011
New Record Low For Arctic Ice Very Possible
For a while, it looked unlikely the summer melt would bring a new record low in Arctic sea ice this year, although it looked likely to reach the top 3 or 4. No more though, the data from NSIDC shows the summer melt is running near 2007’s record low extent, and still dropping. Another independent analysis (using a different satellite and sensor) of arctic ice is done by the …