As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its future

  • Written by: Inga Smith, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Otago
As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its futureJan Lieser, CC BY-SA

After two seasons of record-breaking lows, Antarctica’s sea ice remains in dramatic decline, tracking well below any winter maximum levels observed since satellite monitoring began during the late 1970s.

A layer of frozen seawater that surrounds the Antarctic continent, sea ice cycles from maximum coverage in September to...

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