Low Sea-Ice Cover in the Arctic: Second-Lowest September Minimum
that this year, the September average could be below 4 million square kilometers for the second time ever. Ice Could Retreat Further But in the coming weeks, the ice could retreat further: Even though in [...] confirms the continued long-term reduction of Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change, making it ever more likely that in a few decades the Arctic will be ice free in summer. This will mean drastic changes [...] Floe The researchers are currently particularly interested in the northern Laptev Sea: on September 20, the research icebreaker Polarstern will set sail from Tromsø, in Norway, for the start of the MOSAiC