{"id":1418,"date":"2017-02-17T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.100.1.143\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2019-06-03T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:01:30","slug":"arctic-sea-ice-on-track-to-be-among-smallest-winter-maximums-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/17\/arctic-sea-ice-on-track-to-be-among-smallest-winter-maximums-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic sea ice on track to be among smallest winter maximums on record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pNTorLMb7ZA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The end-of-summer minimum extent in 2016 tied for the second-smallest\n on record. In November, the usual seasonal expansion of the ice cover \nactually reversed course for nearly a week. This retreat shows up in the\n animation: watch the ice cover between Greenland and Russia. The area \nfills in with white as ice concentrations approach 100% in mid-November,\n but then shades of blue return in late November and early December as \nthe growth halts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arctic sea ice extent reaches its maximum winter extent in late \nFebruary or early March. Following a record-low January extent, this \nyear\u2019s winter maximum is lining up to be among the smallest on record. \nThe final frame shows how much the sea ice would need to grow in coming \nweeks to reach normal winter maximum extent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to full article:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnvl.noaa.gov\/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=1997&amp;MediaTypeID=3&amp;ResourceID=105009\">https:\/\/www.nnvl.noaa.gov\/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=1997&amp;MediaTypeID=3&amp;ResourceID=105009<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end-of-summer minimum extent in 2016 tied for the second-smallest on record. In November, the usual seasonal expansion of the ice cover actually reversed course for nearly a week. This retreat shows up in the animation: watch the ice cover between Greenland and Russia. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}