Over the past eight days, Arctic sea ice melt has been the slowest on record. Antarctic sea ice extent is fifth highest on record for the date.
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The extent of sea ice on earth today is higher than 1990, when the first IPCC report was released.
In 2009, experts said all of the multi-year Arctic sea ice was gone.
Multiyear Arctic ice is effectively gone: expert | Reuters
But there has been a significant expansion of thick ice over the past 13 years.
