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Negative record in the Arctic: There has never been so little winter ice

By | April 4, 2025

The winter growth period of Arctic sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has ended: The amount of winter ice measured on March 21, 2025, is the lowest ever recorded since continuous satellite records began in 1979. At 14,45 million square kilometers, it was more than a million square kilometers below the long-term average. As in February 2025, the average Arctic sea ice extent… Read more »