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Polar Bears Struggle as Sea Ice Declines
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Published February 4, 2020
A new study shows that polar bears are spending less time on sea ice, leading them to fast longer, become thinner and have fewer cubs.
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2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Is Second Lowest
Published September 23, 2019
The long-term trend for Arctic sea ice extent has been definitively downward.
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Historic Low Sea Ice in the Bering Sea
Published May 3, 2018
Warm temperatures and a stormy winter caused sea ice in the Bering Sea to plunge to record lows.
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Shipping Responds to Arctic Ice Decline
Published April 12, 2018
As Arctic sea ice extent shrinks each year, ships are cruising farther north.
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Low Sea Ice Amid Arctic Warming
Published March 9, 2018
Arctic sea ice in February 2018 was the lowest of any February on record, while air temperatures in the region soared.
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Polar Sea Ice at Record Lows
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Published March 23, 2017
In 2017, the Arctic maximum and Antarctic minimum extents of sea ice plunged to record lows.
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Mosaic of the Arctic
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Published October 28, 2016
The fragility of our home planet is apparent in this view of the whole Arctic region in September 2012, when sea ice reached its lowest minimum extent ever observed in the satellite record.
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Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record
Published September 16, 2016
Since satellites began monitoring sea ice in 1979, researchers have observed a decline in the average extent of Arctic sea ice in every month of the year.
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