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World's sea-ice falls
February 24 , 2025
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- The world's frozen oceans, which help to keep the planet cool, currently have less ice than ever previously recorded.
- This latest sea-ice low appears to have been driven by a combination of warm air, warm seas and winds breaking apart the ice.
- The combined extent of the Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice was 15.76 million sq km (6.08 million sq miles).
- This breaks the previous 5-day record low of 15.93 million sq km (6.15 million sq miles) from January-February 2023.
- Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year.
- Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new low in satellite records going back to the late 1970s.
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