Antarctica is missing an Argentina-sized amount of sea ice -- and scientists are scrambling to figure out why | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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As the Northern Hemisphere swelters under a record-breaking summer heat wave, much further south, in the depths of winter, another terrifying climate record is being broken. Antarctic sea ice has fallen to unprecedented lows for this time of year.

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

That's about 5.1 France's for our European metric friends.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

In the UK everything always seems to be measured in Essexs.

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