BREMERHAVEN, July 28 (WNM/Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung/Sebastian Grote) - The Arctic sea-ice extent is as low as it has never been for the month of July since the beginning of satellite observation. The sea-ice retreat is especially pronounced off the Siberian coast, as a result of which the Northeast Passage (also referred to as the Northern Sea Route) was ice-free by mid-July. Virtually from the outset, the year 2020 promised to be an anomalous one in terms of both ice thickness ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...