Sea Ice 2008
Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record set in 2007 may not have been an anomaly. If recent trends in the melt rate continue, we could see a virtually ice-free Arctic each summer much sooner than previously thought.
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- Susan Twardy (HTSI)
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- Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
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- Jefferson Beck (UMBC)
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- Jefferson Beck (UMBC)
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Scientist
- Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
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- Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC)
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- Jefferson Beck (UMBC)
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This page was originally published on Thursday, September 25, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.