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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Shatters Record Low Sep 19th 2012, 20:33 From Climate Central's Michael D. Lemonick: Now it's official: as of September 16, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean reached a record low minimum extent. What makes this year unique is that the 2012 minimum is lower than any since modern satellite observations first began in the late 1970's — and by a wide margin. The 2012 minimum of 1.32 million square miles (3.41 million square kilometers) shatters the previous mark of 1.61 million square miles (4.17 million square kilometers), which was set in 2007, by 18 percent. Read More... More on Climate Change

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