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75% of Arctic sea ice has been lost - and why this is important

Posted by jamie — 14 June 2012 at 12:39pm - Comments
Walrus on an iceflow, with Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the background
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Daniel Beltra
Arctic sea ice is shrinking rapidly

After the Observer magazine cover story about our Arctic campaign, there was a flurry of interest around the statistic that we've lost 75% of the Arctic sea ice since 1979. Here's Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics at Cambridge University, on why he thinks the 75% figure is correct.

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