Arctic Ice March 2011 - Update #1
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 03:50
in Earth & Climate
Arctic Ice March 2011 - Update #1 The Arctic sea ice extent has grown a little recently. Ice extent as of March 10 2011 is 13749688 km2 (as reported by IJIS). Ice extent commonly grows until the end of March. But any ice which forms now will still be very young, thin, salty ice when the temperatures begin to rise - not forgetting that temperatures are already anomalously high over much of the Arctic. read more