We're looking at why that is,» said sea ice scientist Nathan Kurtz of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (livescience.com)
Some other sea ice scientists (Jennifer Francis at Rutgers and Ignatius Rigor at the University of Washington) told me they are not ready to call it a season, noting that atmospheric pressure and some other conditions over the basin could lead to further shrinkage of ice extent in the next week or so. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
But so far five of the first six months of 2016 set record low averages, said NASA sea ice scientist Walt Meier. (apnews.com)