Antarctic Sea Ice Extent continues to set new records, August 31, 2014

9/1/14, "Antarctic Sea Ice Sets New Record For August," Paul Homewood, Not a lot of people know that

 
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Antarctic sea ice extent continued to set new records in August, finishing the month at 19.154 million sq km, beating the record set last year by 87,000 sq km.














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It is worth noting that the climatological maximum, using a 1981-2010 baseline, is 18.581 million sq km, set on average on 22nd September. No year prior to 1998 set a maximum extent greater than the current level, and only seven years have had maximums higher than 19.154 million sq km." via Climate Depot

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"Sea Ice Index," NSIDC, throught July 2014, click Antarctic:

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