Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2014 Minimum Extent

  • Released Monday, September 22nd, 2014
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:50PM
  • ID: 11654

Sea ice acts as an air conditioner for the planet, reflecting energy from the Sun. On September 17, the Arctic Sea ice reached its minimum extent for 2014 — at 1.94 million square miles (5.02 million square kilometers), it’s the sixth lowest extent of the satellite record. With warmer temperatures and thinner, less resilient ice, the Arctic sea ice is on a downward trend.

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  • Arctic Sea Ice is still shrinking (ID: 2014087)
    Friday, September 19, 2014 at 4:00AM
    Produced by - Liam Krauss