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Antarctica is missing an Argentina-sized amount of sea ice -- and scientists are scrambling to figure out why | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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As the Northern Hemisphere swelters under a record-breaking summer heat wave, much further south, in the depths of winter, another terrifying climate record is being broken. Antarctic sea ice has fallen to unprecedented lows for this time of year.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Funny you should ask.

In all seriousness, there was a Texas-sized-chunk-of-ice event in 2016.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that's terrifying, 1 Argentina is 4 Texases

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Give or take a few Texans ..