Comments on: Rapid ice loss in April leads to new record low. https://habitablezone.com/2019/05/02/rapid-ice-loss-in-april-leads-to-new-record-low/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/05/02/rapid-ice-loss-in-april-leads-to-new-record-low/#comment-43210 ER Sat, 04 May 2019 19:33:16 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=76673#comment-43210 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-BbPBg3vj8 Remember, when you look down from space at the Polar Basin you just see the top of the ice. How THICK that ice is, that is, how OLD it is, is not readily apparent. This animation shows that. And here's the sequel, bringing it up to date to 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6jX9URzZWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-BbPBg3vj8

Remember, when you look down from space at the Polar Basin you just see the top of the ice. How THICK that ice is, that is, how OLD it is, is not readily apparent. This animation shows that.

And here’s the sequel, bringing it up to date to 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6jX9URzZWg

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