News From the Field CU-Boulder Researchers Forecast 3-in-5 Chance of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice in 2008
April 30, 2008
| New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008, because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice. Full story |
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