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The sharp drop in Arctic sea ice area has been matched b... but equally sharp, drop in sea ice thickness. The combin... a collapse in total sea ice volume — to one fifth of i...
Arctic sea ice volume in 1000s of cubic kilometers (via ...

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The sharp drop in Arctic sea ice area has been matched by a harder-to-see, but equally sharp, drop in sea ice thickness. The combined result has been a collapse in total sea ice volume — to one fifth of its level in 1980.

Arctic sea ice volume in 1000s of cubic kilometers (via Robinson)

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<p style="text-align: left;">The sharp drop in Arctic sea ice area has been matched by a harder-to-see, but equally sharp, drop in sea ice thickness. The combined result has been a collapse in total sea ice volume &#x2014; to <em>one fifth</em> of its level in 1980.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/arctic-sea-ice-min-volume-comparison-1979-2012-v21.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1598071" title="arctic-sea-ice-min-volume-comparison-1979-2012-v2" src="http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/arctic-sea-ice-min-volume-comparison-1979-2012-v21.png" alt="" height="367" width="540"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Arctic sea ice volume in 1000s of cubic kilometers (via <a href="http://haveland.com/share/arctic-sea-ice-min-volume-comparison-1979-2012-v2.png">Robinson</a>)</em></p>