Tag: Arctic

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The Largest Arctic Ozone Hole Ever Recorded is Now Closed

Coastal News
Environment

5/1/2020 - By Sophie Lewis. Just as suddenly as it first formed, a record-breaking ozone hole has healed. The largest ozone hole to ever open up over the Arctic is now closed, after first opening up earlier this spring. Scientists monitoring the "unprecedented" hole at the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced the closure last… SEE MORE

Arctic
Ozone

Arctic Sea Ice Reached Its Annual High on March 5th

Coastal News
Environment

3/26/2020 - Arctic sea ice extent—the area where ice concentration is at least 15 percent—reached its apparent annual maximum on March 5, 2020. On March 24, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported that the 2019–2020 growth season had an unexceptional finish: 5.81 million square miles (15.05 million square kilometers). It was… SEE MORE

Arctic
Sea Ice