claim: For what appears to be the first time since scientists began keeping track, sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic are at record lows this time of year.
evidences.evidence_id: Antarctica:365
evidences.article: Antarctica
evidences.evidence: A satellite record revealed that the overall increase in Antarctic sea ice extents reversed in 2014, with rapid rates of decrease in 2014–2017 reducing the Antarctic sea ice extents to their lowest values in the 40-y record.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic sea ice decline:31
evidences.article: Arctic sea ice decline
evidences.evidence: The previous record of the lowest area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice in 2012 saw a low of 1.58 million square miles (4.09 million square kilometers).
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic sea ice decline:9
evidences.article: Arctic sea ice decline
evidences.evidence: The Arctic sea ice minimum is the day in a given year when Arctic sea ice reaches its smallest extent, occurring at the end of the summer melting season, normally during September.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change in the Arctic:28
evidences.article: Climate change in the Arctic
evidences.evidence: The Arctic sea ice September minimum extent (i.e., area with at least 15% sea ice coverage) reached new record lows in 2002, 2005, 2007, and 2012.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Sea ice:118
evidences.article: Sea ice
evidences.evidence: Arctic sea ice extent ice hit an all-time low in September 2012, when the ice was determined to cover only 24% of the Arctic Ocean, offsetting the previous low of 29% in 2007.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS