The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. A new NASA study by sea ice expert Claire L. Parkinson reveals recent trends in Antarctica’s sea ice extent.

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• A 40-y record reveals gradual Antarctic sea ice increases followed by decreases at rates far exceeding the rates seen in the Arctic https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/06/25/1906556116
• NASA The Arctic and the Antarctic Respond in Opposite Ways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_WWXGGWZBE
• YALE Climate Connections Arctic versus Antarctic Sea Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPnj9eR7t0g
• NZNIWA Antarctic Sea Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Bb0Jpre9U
• ABC Antarctic Sea Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK8goPB5Imo
• IMAS Record Antarctic sea Ice and global warming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDS5AAYlVj4
• VOA Antarctic Sea Ice Plunges from Record High to Record Lows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDQ7RT1QZx0
• OZMUSIC Exploring the Antarctic sea ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2i3prbERwk
• Professor Tony Worby: Antarctic Sea Ice: Trends & Challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0-n1DVGEfM
• ARIRANG NEWS Warmer temperatures melt Arctic and Antarctic sea ice to record lows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W1-d1XUcOA
• WEF Antarctica lost sea ice four times the size of France in three years https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/antarctica-lost-sea-ice-4x-the-size-of-france-in-3-years
• NATURE Barnes Ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation, climate change and prospects for a sustainable future https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0314-2
• PHYS Ozone depletion driving climate change in Southern Hemisphere https://phys.org/news/2019-06-ozone-depletion-climate-southern-hemisphere.html
• TIME Amount of Floating Antarctic Ice Plunges to Record Lows https://time.com/5618652/antarctic-ice-record-lows
• NASA / Andy Thompson: State of Antarctic Currents, Ice and Ocean (2018) https://climatestate.uscreen.io/programs/the-circulation-of-the-antarctic-margins-in-a-changing-climate
• NASA Flight Over a Rectangular Iceberg in the Antarctic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrToNURGvI
• NASA The Ozone Hole: Closing the Gap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BUT16jfoKk

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