1.0Climate 411https://blogs.edf.org/climate411Arctic Ice Shrinking Unexpectedly Fast - Climate 411rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GYXYPe98NN"><a href="https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/10/04/arctic_ice_shrinking/">Arctic Ice Shrinking Unexpectedly Fast</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/10/04/arctic_ice_shrinking/embed/#?secret=GYXYPe98NN" width="600" height="338" title="“Arctic Ice Shrinking Unexpectedly Fast” — Climate 411" data-secret="GYXYPe98NN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The author of today’s post, Sheryl Canter, is an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense. Researchers have been expecting Arctic ice to melt and shrink, but not this fast! The National Snow and Ice Data Center, part of the University of Colorado at Boulder, reports that Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a ...