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42: Sea Ice: Why does it matter?
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36 minutes
Released:
Nov 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
It's been a record-breaking (-ly bad) year for sea ice. So why does that matter? The changing of the seasons is pretty reliable … or it used to be. Arctic ice loss has been in the news constantly for at least a decade, but just last month it was confirmed that 2020 is the second-worst year on record for it. If you thought it was problem that didn’t affect you, well, you’d be wrong about that. So, why is this happening? Why this year in particular? And what about the antarctic?
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A few of the discussed sources:
https://theconversation.com/wheres-the-sea-ice-3-reasons-the-arctic-freeze-is-unseasonably-late-and-why-it-matters-148918
https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2660/Arctic-melt-season-puts-focus-on-sea-ice-forecasts
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259556-rivers-of-air-in-the-sky-are-melting-huge-patches-of-antarctic-sea-ice/
https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/question-12/
Take a listen and find out. Oh, and if you were to leave us a little review on your platform of choice, that would be n-ice!
Get in touch with us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and by email forwhatitsearthpod@gmail.com.
A few of the discussed sources:
https://theconversation.com/wheres-the-sea-ice-3-reasons-the-arctic-freeze-is-unseasonably-late-and-why-it-matters-148918
https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2660/Arctic-melt-season-puts-focus-on-sea-ice-forecasts
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259556-rivers-of-air-in-the-sky-are-melting-huge-patches-of-antarctic-sea-ice/
https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/question-12/
Released:
Nov 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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