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A new record minimum for Antarctic sea ice

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Antarctic sea ice extent reached a new record low of 1.965 million km2 on 23 February 2022. This extent is approximately 32% below climatological values and might indicate a transition to new, more extreme, annual fluctuations.

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Fig. 1: Antarctic sea ice trends and variability.

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M.N.R. and M.S.H. are supported by the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs (grant no. NSF-OPP-1745089).

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  3. Department of Statistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Mark S. Handcock

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Raphael, M.N., Handcock, M.S. A new record minimum for Antarctic sea ice. Nat Rev Earth Environ 3, 215–216 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00281-0

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