Arctic sea ice volume at record low in August

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  • 18 ships clear Northwest passage
  • Animation: 2010 Arctic sea ice minimum
  • Arctic air conditioning effect melting away with ice
  • Arctic ice keeps to downward trend in November
  • Arctic sea ice 3rd lowest on record in 2010
  • Arctic sea ice at the record low for beginning of March
  • Arctic sea ice in October at 3rd lowest level on record
  • Arctic sea ice low, struggling to winter maximum
  • Arctic sea ice melt on pace to set record low volume this year
  • Arctic sea ice now 3rd lowest on record
  • Arctic sea ice now thin, rotten and volume down 55%
  • Arctic sea ice volume all time low in 2010
  • Arctic sea ice volume at 2nd lowest level ever recorded
  • Arctic sea ice volume at record low in August
  • Arctic sea-ice in January below the extant of the record low 2006/2007 season
  • Arctic warming pushing cold wave south over eastern U.S.
  • Cold weather over U.S. linked to record low Arctic sea ice
  • Freeze in Europe linked to cold wave pushed south by Arctic warming
  • January Arctic sea ice lowest on record
  • Massive walrus haul-out now up to 20,000 animals
  • Melting snow and ice warming planet faster than expected: 10⁹ GigaWatts
  • NASA's Climate Time Machine
  • Northwest and Northeast Passages now open
  • Ongoing sea level rise threatening $100 billion in U.S. naval bases
  • Open water on Hudsun Bay at year's end for the 1st time on record
  • Polar bear swims for 9 days to reach ice
  • Record low December sea ice driving extreme weather conditions
  • Record low December sea-ice warming Arctic, pushing cold wave south to Europe
  • Thick Arctic sea ice now disappearing due to melt
  • Warming Arctic draws more extreme storms up to the U.S.
  • Warming due to loss of snow and ice twice as strong as estimated
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