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    • A wind pattern known as the Arctic Dipole helps control how much warm, salty Atlantic Ocean water enters the Arctic Ocean via the Fram Strait (shown) between Greenland and Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. That influx of Atlantic water in turn influences the rate of Arctic sea ice melting. deadlyphoto.com/Alamy Stock Photo
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    Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set

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    On September 11, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles). The 2024 minimum is the seventh lowest in the nearly 46-year satellite record. The last 18 years, from 2007 to 2024, are the lowest 18 sea ice extents in the satellite record.
    A wind pattern known as the Arctic Dipole helps control how much warm, salty Atlantic Ocean water enters the Arctic Ocean via the Fram Strait (shown) between Greenland and Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. That influx of Atlantic water in turn influences the rate of Arctic sea ice melting. deadlyphoto.com/Alamy Stock Photo
    A wind pattern known as the Arctic Dipole helps control how much warm, salty Atlantic Ocean water enters the Arctic Ocean via the Fram Strait (shown) between Greenland and Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. That influx of Atlantic water in turn influences the rate of Arctic sea ice melting. deadlyphoto.com/Alamy Stock Photo

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