Following last summer’s record minimum ice cover in the Arctic, current observations from ESA’s Envisat satellite suggest that the extent of polar sea-ice may again shrink to a level very close to that of last year.
Envisat observations from mid-August depict that a new record of low sea-ice coverage could be reached in a matter of weeks….
Current ice coverage in the Arctic has already reached the second absolute minimum since observations from space began 30 years ago.
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August 28th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
this may just be a symbol of violence but when some of these sheets occasionally detach then recombine, the force equivalent to an earthquake of 7 on the Richter that lasts ten minutes.
Also there is some speculation for microbial life that lie dormant deep within regions trapped underneath the ice.