What's happening to arctic ice?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
BBC
4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The area of ice covering the arctic ocean has been in a state of long decline, as climate change takes effect. But recent fluctuations in the ice have been seized on by climate change sceptics, who say it tells a different story.
We speak to polar climate scientist Professor Julienne Stroeve to better understand how to read the ice data.
Presenter / producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon
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| 1:11.6 | This This week I'm going to look at the changes in Arctic sea ice caused by climate change. |
| 1:20.0 | After a listener suggests we look into a story from the Daily Skeptic. |
| 1:24.0 | The headline read, |
| 1:25.0 | Arctic Seize Saws to the highest level for 21 years. |
| 1:29.0 | The highest level in 21 years, |
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