Arctic ice retreats to new minimum
Posted Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:26:00 GMT by Colin Ricketts
Physicists observing the Arctic's ice cover say that a new, and ominous, record has been set this year with the ice melting more than ever previously recorded. Since July, scientists at the University of Bremen, who monitor the extent of the Arctic's seasonal melting and freezing, have feared that 2011 would see an even greater melt than the previous largest in 2007.
Arctic ice retreats to new minimum