The Atlantic
Alexis C. Madrigal
Aug 28 2012
The Mystery at the Heart of This Year's Record-Setting Arctic Ice Melt
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You have probably heard that the Arctic has less sea ice right now than humans have ever recorded.
The new record, set yesterday, beat the previous low, which was measured in September 2007.
"By itself it's just a number, and occasionally records are going to get set," said National Snow and Ice Data Center
scientist Walt Meier in an official statement. "But in the context of what's happened in the last several year
and throughout the satellite record, it's an indication that the Arctic sea ice cover is fundamentally changing."
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Extent of sea ice (sq miles)
Variation in thickness (volume ?) of sea ice
