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February Arctic Sea Ice report March 5, 2019 11:26 am ER

Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Extent in February is rapidly approaching its winter maximum (which usually occurs in mid-March). Here is how the average February SIE compares with previous years’ SIE.

https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2019/03/Figure-3-350×270.png

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Overall, sea ice extent during February 2019 increased by 543,000 square kilometers (210,000 square miles). This was fairly close to the 1981 to 2010 average increase for the month. The linear rate of sea ice decline for February is 46,300 square kilometers (17,900 square miles) per year, or 3.0 percent per decade relative to the 1981 to 2010 average.

  • Methane: by podrock 2019-03-05 15:45:57
    • Two additional potential sources of methane are.... by ER 2019-03-06 09:49:35
      • wrong link? by RL 2019-03-05 18:06:13
        • original comment link corrected by podrock 2019-03-05 18:27:49
          • here it is: by podrock 2019-03-05 18:26:20
        • Analysis by ER 2019-03-05 12:27:31

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