Sentence examples for minimum extent was from inspiring English sources

In 2007, the minimum extent was 1.59 million square miles, he said.

In short, this year's higher sea ice extent is merely due to the fact that last year's minimum extent was record-shattering, and the weather was not as optimal for sea ice loss this summer.

The record minimum extent is now likely to be formally called on Monday by the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Colorado.

By comparison, the actual minimum ice extent was 18 percent less than the previous record set in 2007.

Usually the minimum ice extent is not reached until September, suggesting that further ice loss is likely.

In the case of membrane interfacial proteins whose extents do not cover the lipid bilayer, a minimum protein extent is set to Z = 20 Å and Z = −20 Å.

Now the minimum extent has been nearly reached and the sea is starting to refreeze.

Nine of the lowest years on the satellite record for Arctic sea ice minimum extent have been in the last decade.

This year's sea ice extent was 700,000 sq km below the previous minimum of 4.17m sq km set in 2007.

Thus the scientific data and literature indicate that this year's minimum Arctic sea ice extent is not just the 6th-lowest in the past 34 years, but most likely the 6th-lowest in at least the past few thousand years.

NSIDC said this year's minimum extent of ice was larger than the extraordinary low seen in 2012: "Arctic sea ice extent as of September 16, 2013 was 5.10 million square kilometers (2.00 million square miles).