Arctic Sea Ice Decline Impacts California Based on satellite imagery, the Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent for the year in March. According to the National Snow & Ice Data Center, this year’s maximum of 5.65 million square miles was the 9th lowest since reporting began 43 years ago. This number is 305,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average. While the Arctic sea ice has […] Weather Miles Wong | April 22, 2021 1 Comment
Arctic Sea Ice Could Be Gone By 2035 The Nature Climate Change journal has published a new study that predicts Arctic sea ice could be gone by 2035. Scientists have said if what is happening in the Arctic right now compares to the last interglacial period, it could be free of sea ice in about 15 years. Yet it could be anywhere between 2035 and 2086. Related: Arctic […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | August 18, 2020 3 Comments
Arctic Sea Ice is at Second Lowest Summer Minimum Ever Recorded This article was written by Michon Scott and Rebecca Lindsey, and first appeared on the NOAA website The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported that Arctic sea ice extent—the area where ice concentration is at least 15 percent—dipped to 1.60 square miles (4.15 million square kilometers) on September 18, 2019, and has since been increasing. Barring a major storm […] Industry News WeatherBrains | September 27, 2019 0 Comments
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