NASA images confirm Arctic Ocean sea ice is thinning at alarming rate

A team of University of Washington and University of London researchers have reportedly obtained enough data to confirm Arctic Ocean sea ice really is thinning. The team, using data collected by NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) and the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite, say Arctic sea ice volume declined 36 percent in the autumn and 9 percent in the winter over the last decade... To continue reading, subscribe to The Space Reporter today.

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