Arctic 'Melt Season' Is Growing Longer, New Research Demonstrates
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 17:49
in Earth & Climate
New NASA-led research shows that the melt season for Arctic sea ice has lengthened by an average of 20 days over the span of 28 years, or 6.4 days per decade. The finding stems from scientists' work to compile the first comprehensive record of melt onset and freeze-up dates -- the "melt season" -- for the entire Arctic.