Debunking claims of Antarctica’s ‘record’ sea ice loss

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The NSIDC announced Antarctica’s sea ice loss was the greatest it’s been since 1978 (when tracking began) despite a long-term trend showing the continent gaining in size. The sea ice, which shrinks every summer, contracted 883,015 square miles. The previous low was 884,173 square miles in 1997. That’s a difference of 0.1 percent or 1,158 […]

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February 23, 2017 at 06:12AM