Myth of Arctic meltdown

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Myth of Arctic meltdown - Stunning satellite images prove summer ice cap is thicker and covers 1.7million square kilometres...

Myth of Arctic meltdown - Stunning satellite images prove summer ice cap is thicker and covers 1.7million square kilometres...

As it turns out the Arctic ice cap has expanded for the second year in succession – with a surge, depending on how you measure it, of between 43% and 63% since 2012.

To put it another way, an area the size of Alaska - America’s biggest state - was open water two years ago, however it is now covered by ice once again.

The most widely used measurements of Arctic ice extent are the daily satellite readings issued by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center, which is co-funded by Nasa. These reveal that – while the long-term trend still shows a decline – on August 25th, the area of the Arctic Ocean with at least 15% ice cover was 5.62 million square kilometres.

This was the highest level recorded on that date since 2006, and represents an increase of 1.71 million square kilometres over the past two years – an impressive 43%.

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