ICE WORLD Sea ice extent sinks to record lows at both poles

Sea ice extent sinks to record lows at both poles Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 - Arctic sea ice appears to have reached on March 7 a record low wintertime maximum extent, according to scientists at NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado. And on the opposite side of the planet, on March 3 sea ice around Antarctica hit its lowest extent ever recorded by satellites at the end of summer in the Southern Hemisphere, a surprising ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Sea_ice_extent_sinks_to_record_lows_at_both_poles_999.html