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- Arctic Sea Ice Summertime Minimum Is Fourth Lowest on Record.
- According to a NASA analysis of satellite data, the 2015 Arctic sea ice minimum extent is the fourth lowest on record since observations from space began.
The analysis by NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado at Boulder showed the annual minimum extent was 1.70 million square miles (4.41 million square kilometers) on Sept. 11. This year’s minimum is 699,000 square miles (1.81 million square kilometers) lower than the 1981-2010 average.
Press release https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/arctic-sea-ice-summertime-minimum-is-fourth-lowest-on-record/