Sea ice extent in the Southern Ocean now the lowest since the beginning of satellite observation forty years ago — ScienceDaily

Sea ice extent in the Southern Ocean now the lowest since the beginning of satellite observation forty years ago — ScienceDaily

There is currently less sea ice in the Antarctic than at any time in the forty years since the beginning of satellite observation: in early February 2023, only 2.20 million square kilometres of the Southern Ocean were covered with sea ice. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of Bremen analyse the situation … Read more