CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008

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CU-Boulder researchers are forecasting a 59 percent chance of a record low minimum extent of Arctic sea ice in 2008. Credit: James Maslanik University of Colorado at Boulder
CU-Boulder researchers are forecasting a 59 percent chance of a record low minimum extent of Arctic sea ice in 2008. Credit: James Maslanik, University of Colorado at Boulder

New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice.


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