{"id":7064,"date":"2012-09-21T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7064"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:18:14","slug":"arctic-sea-ice-retreat-2012-was-a-record-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/09\/21\/arctic-sea-ice-retreat-2012-was-a-record-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Sea Ice Retreat \u2013 2012 Was a Record Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The ice in the Arctic Ocean had retreated to its lowest point on September 16. Winter has set in and the ice should start reforming on the sea.<\/p>\n

The problem is that the ice is melting faster in the summer than it is forming in the winter<\/a>. Less ice cover means more heat in the atmosphere and the surface layers of the ocean, which means more melting.<\/p>\n

This year, the sea ice covered only 1.32 million square miles, half the 1979-2000 average. 2012 broke the previous record minimum set in 2007<\/a> of 1.61 million square miles.<\/p>\n

A storm in early August<\/a> produced an impressive melting sequence as shown in the video below.<\/p>\n