Daily Archives: 2008/08/27

September 24: IPY DAYS – PEOPLE AT THE POLES!

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photo: Max Holmes The next International Polar Day, on September 24th, will focus on PEOPLE. These days occur every three months and are a great opportunity to join students around the world and engage your local community, media, schools, family, … Read more »

Arctic sea ice at second lowest level

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Figure 1. Daily Arctic sea ice extent for August 26, 2008, fell below the 2005 minimum, which was 5.32 million square kilometers (2.05 million square miles). The orange line shows the 1979 to 2000 average extent for that day. The … Read more »