30K views · 516 reactions | A new look at the Arctic sea ice record...

Sea ice has been melting around Antarctica all summer long and on February 21 the minimum extent of sea ice was reached, setting a record for the lowest amount recorded in the satellite record that began in 1979. This is the second consecutive year that a minimum extent record has been set. It should be noted that the trend over the entire record for Antarctic sea ice is just a 1% per decade decrease, which is not statistically significant. This is different from the Arctic, where there is a sta