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Article: Sea ice could be at record low.(SPECTRUM)(Brief article)
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- Environment
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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The 2007 minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region could possibly set an all-time record low, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who predict a one in three chance that this will occur. Sea ice extent is the area of an ocean covered by at least 15 percent ice. There is a 57 percent chance that this year's minimum will be lower than the 2006 minimum of 2.27 million square miles and a 70 percent chance that it will rank within the lowest five years on record.
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Researchers believe that declining sea ice in the Arctic is due to higher winter temperatures, which some say were caused by greenhouse ...