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Climate Progress:  NSIDC: Arctic “melt season in high gear”

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NSIDC: Arctic “melt season in high gear”
Climate Progress — The National Snow and Ice Data Center has a July 6 update on Arctic ice melt: The Arctic is now in the midst of the summer melt season. Through most of June, ice extent tracked below the 1979 to 2000 average, and slightly above the levels recorded during June 2007. Warm temperatures and southerly winds led to quickly declining ice concentration in some regions, such as the Laptev Sea…. Compared to previous Junes, ice extent in June 2009 was extremely close to the last two years, falling within 30,000 square kilometers (12,000 square miles) of the ...

NSIDC: Arctic “melt season in high gear”
Celsias Expert Articles — The National Snow and Ice Data Center has a July 6 update on Arctic ice melt: The Arctic is now in the midst of the summer melt season. Through most of June, ice extent tracked below the 1979 to 2000 average, and slightly above the levels recorded during June 2007. Warm ...

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