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Climate Emergency? Global Sea Ice at Anomalously Low Levels

This week a plot showing the global sea ice over time went viral due to shockingly low levels, smashing previous records. The plot was so weird that we decided to check out the data for ourselves and see if it was legit. Indeed, we can reproduce this alarming plot and provide some links and scripts for any of you who want to go ahead and try yourselves. Here we get into why we think these kinds of weird observations may become more common in the future.::More about this Video::► National Sea and Ice Data Center archive of sea ice extent data…

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