•1 min read•from Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily
Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Stabilizes After Decades of Expansion
The Arctic sea ice melt season is roughly 40 days longer than it was in 1979, yet its rapid expansion unexpectedly leveled off around 2010. Scientists say changing clouds and increasingly thin ice may explain the pause, but continued Arctic warming could eventually trigger another period of rapid change.
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