Significant negative trend seen in peripheral seas
By Summit Voice
FRISCO — Arctic sea ice extent stayed well below average during December, especially in the Kara, Barents, and Labrador seas. For the month, the extent was the second-lowest in the satellite record, dating back to 1979.
Sea ice extent is slightly above average on the Pacific side of the Arctic edging farther south into the Bering Sea — the only part of the Arctic that has shown a slightly positive trend in ice extent during the winter months, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. (more…)
Filed under: Arctic, climate and weather, Environment, global warming | Tagged: Arctic, Arctic sea ice extent December 2012, climate, global warming, Measurement of sea ice, National Snow and Ice Data Center | Leave a Comment »



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