October 9, 2008

Arctic Sea Ice Volume Reaches Record Low

Courtesy ABC News. he Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E), a high-resolution passive microwave Instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite shows the state of Arctic sea ice on September 10 in this image released September 16, 2008. Arctic sea ice extent (or area covered) reached its seasonal low this year on September 14^th, hitting its second lowest level since satellite data collection began thirty years ago, not quite reaching the record low of last year.