Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Cover Falls to Record Low
Arctic sea ice extent shrank to 4.10 million square kilometers (1.58 million square miles) on August 26, 2012 and continued melting. The new record low was 70,000 km² below the September 18, 2007 daily extent of 4.17 million km², National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported.
FEWW model shows the Arctic sea ice extent could fall below 3.8 million km² during the 2012 melt season with a probability of 0.7 [P≥72%]
Arctic sea ice extent as of August 26, 2012, along with daily ice extent data for 2007, the previous record low year, and 1980, the record high year. The six lowest ice extents in the satellite record have occurred in the last six years (2007 to 2012). Source: NSIDC
Arctic sea ice extent for September 18, 2007, daily extent of 4.17 million km², and August 26, 2012 (right), 4.10 million km². Source: NSIDC
[Note: NSIDC has changed the date and extent of the 2007 minimum to September 18, 2007 and daily extent of 4.17 million km² from the previous figure of 4.28 million km²]
- See also: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Rapidly Decreasing Posted August 21, 2012
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