Publication: CNN 

UCLA Expert: Marilyn Raphael: Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Professor, UCLA Department of Geography; Affiliate, Luskin Global Public Affairs 

Synopsis: An article by CNN reports Antarctica will likely set a new record for sea ice loss, according to recent data. 

UCLA News: Raphael comments on the surprising trends found in the data. “That kind of drop is pretty much unprecedented in the record. Antarctic sea ice does vary from year to year, but that was a bigger variation than what normally happens.” 

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