NOAA Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 3rd Lowest Minimum Extent

http://www.FunToWatch.TV On Sept 12, 2009, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic reached the third lowest level ever recorded since satellite records began in 1979.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center estimates that the overall extent dropped to 5.1 million square kilometers, well below the average minimum extent of 6.71

million square kilometers (1979-2000). Only 2007 and 2008 have had lower ice extents. The small increase in 2009 was mostly due to ice spreading caused by strong

polar winds. Ice concentration and thickness, however, have not increased, making predictions about a rebound in Arctic ice premature at this moment.

Video Credit :National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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[uknowispeaksense]

@whackitov nasa does have time series videos using real pictures. you just have to look for them.

[whackitov]

@uknowispeaksense if its clarity were looking for then surely real images are the only way to go, anything else is open to interpretation/tweaking.....



[uknowispeaksense]

@whackitov The images arebasedon real data and it is done this way for clarity.

[burkemurphyable]

because then they'd have to show the hole at the north pole

[whackitov]

more computer generated images.....where are the real images? why cant they be framed together? why show a computer programmers version of events and not real images??