Arctic Sea Ice Just Set Another Record Low – In Winter – Discover Magazine
Article Synopsis – January’s average sea ice extent in the Arctic was 525,000 square miles below the 1981-to-2010 average, making it the lowest January extent in the satellite record. This is an astonishingly large loss of ice — equivalent to 80 percent of Alaska. These dramatic reductions in sea ice are occurring more and more often during the cold season, when they used to only be seen in the warm months. This is just one more indication that human activities have already transformed the region into what some scientists are calling “the new Arctic.” To read the actual article click here.