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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Graham Readfearn

‘Something weird is going on’: search for answers as Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows

Sea ice in the Antarctic
There would usually be about 16.4m sq km of sea ice in the Antarctic by now, but this week there was just 14.1m sq km. An area bigger than Mexico has failed to freeze, worrying scientists. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Most mornings since the end of March and before Will Hobbs has done much at all other than make a coffee, he scrolls his inbox looking for one particular email.

Generated and sent automatically from a colleague, the email arrives just after 4am and gives the latest data from a US government satellite showing how much sea ice is floating around Antarctica.

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