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Record-low Antarctic sea ice can be explained by wind patterns and predicted months in advance

Sea ice off the coast of West Antarctica photographed from a research vessel in October 2018. A new study explains and predicts the recent decline in winter sea ice around Antarctica. Credit: Hannah Dawson/University of Washington Amid all the changes in Earth’s climate, the stormy Southern Ocean sea ice surrounding Antarctica has long been a strange exception. Despite rising global…