Ask a Climatologist: This winter’s alarming record low Arctic sea ice

This winter, Arctic sea ice extent is at record lows. (Graphic: Zack Labe/UC Irvine)During a normal winter sea ice grows quickly in the Arctic Ocean, filling up nearly the entire ocean basin. This year though, unusually warm weather and storms are keeping the sea ice extent at record lows.
Climatologist Brian Brettschneider said Arctic sea ice is in pretty sad shape.
“Most of the last 200 days, the sea ice has achieved a daily record low,” Brettschneider said. “So even though i