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Climate Change

Arctic sea ice shrinks

April 9, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 15

Map showing extent of Arctic sea ice on March 17, 2018.
Credit: National Snow & Ice Data Center

Arctic sea ice likely reached its maximum extent of the year, 14.48 million km2, on March 17, the U.S. National Snow & Ice Data Center reports. That’s 7.4% below the average for 1981–2010. The orange line shows the median sea ice extent calculated for March 17 over that range of years. The four lowest Arctic sea ice maxima all occurred during the past four winters.

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