Arctic winter ice cover plunges to record low

• Autores: Fred Pearce
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3014, 2015, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There was less Arctic sea ice this winter than in any year since records began, bringing the scary prospect of an ice-free Arctic a step closer. Summer ice has hit a series of record lows in recent years as the Arctic has warmed by almost 2 °C, twice as fast as the mid-latitudes. The ice builds up again each winter and the average extent of winter ice has been declining less steeply, although it has been getting thinner.