The 2007 minimum sea-ice extent
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Created 12 Nov 2009
Published 12 Nov 2009
Last modified 10 Nov 2017
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Note: The extent of the summer sea ice in September 2007 reached a historical minimum, 39 % below the climatic average for the first two decades of satellite observations (red line)
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Last upload:
- 23 Oct 2007
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Temporal coverage:
- 2007
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Tags:
- global megatrends , climate change , climate , arctic region , ice
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Geographic coverage:
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- Access is managed by the owner mentioned below. Please contact the owner for more information about their data policy.
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Owners:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
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Processors:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
- Map
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The weather conditions that summer were dominated by clear skies. Continuous warm winds blew the ice towards the coast of Canada-Greenland and out into the north-east Atlantic, where it melted.
Geographical coverage: Arctic and the north pole
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