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To: Taro who wrote (822772)	12/15/2014 8:19:02 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1577594

That is sea ice. The continent is losing ice at a fast clip. Even the sea ice is shrinking, though. Antarctic sea ice has continued to decline at a faster-than-average pace (approximately 122,000 square kilometers, or 47,100 square miles per day through the month of October, compared to the average rate of 112,000 square kilometers or 43,200 square miles per day), and is now about 650,000 square kilometers (251,000 square miles) below the level for the date recorded in 2013. Currently ice extent remains about 700,000 square kilometers (270,000 square miles) higher than the 1981 to 2010 average for this time of year. Large reductions in the Bellingshausen Sea and the southern Indian Ocean were the main causes of the Antarctic-wide decrease, driven in large part by persistent northerly winds. Air temperatures over the Southern Ocean for the month were near average in nearly all areas. On the icy continent itself, cool conditions prevailed over the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica (1 to 2 degrees Celsius, or 1.8 to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit below average) while warm conditions were the rule in the Eastern Hemisphere section (2 to 4 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 to 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit above average). nsidc.org Both the West Antarctic and Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheets are losing ice at an accelerating rate along with Greenland according to the GRACE satellites and ICESat. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet seems stable for the moment. takvera.blogspot.com