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The Guardian - AU
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Graham Readfearn

Antarctic sea ice shrinks to lowest annual maximum level on record, data shows

Antarctic Antarctica Ocean Will Hobbs NSIDC University of Colorado Boulder
Sea ice on the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula and a map from the University of Colorado National Snow and Ice Data Centre showing the extent of sea ice on 24 September 2023.
Antarctica’s sea ice reaches its peak in September each year but this year’s maximum was about 1m sq km below the previous record low in 1986. Composite: Mario Tama/Getty/University of Colorado Boulder

Antarctica has likely broken a new record for the lowest annual maximum amount of sea ice around the continent, beating the previous low by a million square kilometres.

The new mark is the latest in a string of records for the continent’s sea ice, as scientists fear global heating could have shifted the region into a new era of disappearing ice with far reaching consequences for the world’s climate and sea levels.

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