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Arctic sea ice extent

Data Visualization Created 12 Feb 2016 Published 20 Dec 2016 Last modified 31 Jan 2017

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Topics: Climate change adaptation ,

This chart shows trend lines and observation points for March (the month of sea ice extent maximum) and September (the month of sea ice extent minimum) have been indicated.

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Sea ice extent provided by Monitoring Climate Change in the Cryosphere (CryoClim)

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26 Nov 2014 - Arctic sea-ice extent

19 Jun 2014 - Arctic sea-ice extent

14 Jun 2012 - Trend in Arctic Sea ice extent in March and September

Geographic coverage

Arctic Ocean , Earth

Temporal coverage

1979-2015

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