Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Opposites: Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks, Antarctic Grows


Opposites: Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks, Antarctic Grows

The ice covering the Bellingshausen Sea, off the coast of Antarctica, as seen from a NASA Operation IceBridge flight on Oct. 13, 2012. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger

September 2012 witnessed two opposite records concerning sea ice. Two weeks after the Arctic Ocean's ice cap experienced an all-time summertime low for the satellite era, Antarctic sea ice reached a record winter maximum extent. But sea ice in the Arctic has melted at a much faster rate than it has expanded in the Southern Ocean. 

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