![]() ![]() MORE: Antarctic Doomsday glacier hanging on 'by its fingernails,' scientists sayĪt its maximum extent in September, the sea ice essentially surrounds the Antarctic continent, helping to buffer large floating ice shelves and major outlet glaciers. ![]() This year's minimum extent was about 52,000 square miles lower than in 2022, the researchers said. 21, at the peak of the region's summer, the Antarctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent of 1.79 million square kilometers, or 691,000 square miles - the lowest sea ice extent on record for the second year in a row, according to the center. NOTE: The video in the media player is from a previous report. The sea ice in Antarctica has likely met its minimum extent for 2023, furthering expectations from researchers that continued melting will occur at a record-fast pace, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Scientists are keeping a close eye on the Antarctic ice shelf as recent activity could soon cause rapid melting and rising sea levels. As part of Eyewitness News' "Earth on the Edge" series, Anchor David Ono joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory team on the final day of a six-year study over the polar ice caps in Greenland. ![]()
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