![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920110532im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field CU-Boulder Team Forcasts 92 Percent Chance of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent in 2007
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August 16, 2007
![researcher in the arctic](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920110532im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/arctic_l.jpg) | University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are now forecasting a 92 percent chance that the 2007 September minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low. Full story |
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