Capping off a season of sustained, mind - boggling warm weather and stunted sea ice growth, the annual Arctic sea ice maximum hit its lowest level ever recorded. (climatecentral.org)
This year's record low sea ice maximum extent might not necessarily lead to a new record low summertime minimum extent, since weather has a great impact on the melt season's outcome, Meier said. (sciencedaily.com)
The white world that the movie starts with in fact shows an Arctic Ocean that had just reached the lowest sea ice maximum on satellite record — to take another important trend reference point. (bitsofscience.org)