Antarctic sea ice extent has reached a record low since satellite observations began 47 years ago.

RE: https://fediscience.org/@PoLaRobs/117373556108379345 🏆🥇It's a record! Antarctic sea ice extent is now the lowest it has been since the satellite record started 47 years ago. After reaching an annual minimum in February that was not as low as in the last few years the regrowth of sea ice through the winter was much slower than usual, and now we're heading into uncharted territory.

Last month was the 3rd lowest #Antarctic sea ice extent on record for the month of September. This was 1,170,000 km² below the 1981-2010 September average. Data from the https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index

#Antarctic sea ice extent has now dropped to the lowest on record for this time year... See more at https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/