Even after a frigid winter, Arctic sea ice is still really low

Large parts of the U.S. experienced a pretty wimpy winter this year, thanks to cold air staying parked over the Arctic. 

This made for a relatively frigid winter season in the high north, which is good for making sea ice. Although Arctic sea ice this season reached its biggest extent since 2013, it's still significantly lower than it was four decades ago. The Arctic is the fastest-warming region on Earth, and though there will always be fluctuating winters, sea ice is in a deep decline. 

"While this year's maximum sea ice extent was a bump up from the last few years, it is still well below average and far from conditions in the 1980s and 1990s," said Zack Labe, a climate scientist and Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Irvine.  Read more...

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