Utoo Radio with Other News Sources - March 12 2025 - In February, sea-ice extent reached its all-time minimum, with significant declines in the Arctic and Antarctic.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that the Arctic saw its ice levels eight percent below the average, while Antarctic ice shrank by 26% at the South Pole.

This marked the fourth-lowest extent since satellite records began in 1978.

The warm boreal winter temperatures this season were attributed to the decline at the poles, with February 2025 being the third-warmest February ever.

Sea ice took a dramatic dive in January, losing 0.3 million km², about the size of Italy, in less than a week.

The unusually warm weather in the Greenland Sea and Svalbard region was a major cause of the rapid melting.

Outside of the poles, many regions faced weather swings, with drier-than-usual conditions in southern Europe, parts of Turkey, and much of Eastern Europe, and heavy rain in northern Europe.

Oceans away from the poles recorded an average February 2025 temperature of 20.88 C, the second-highest for the month ever recorded.