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Old 09-12-2018, 01:42 PM   #2859 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
August 2018 was the highest August Arctic sea ice extent since 2014.
https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
It's important that we distinguish between 'extent' and 'volume' ,or 'mass' of the ice.We've lost the multi-year ice,leaving a thin patina of 'new' ice.
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