Brooks Butler Hays is a freelance writer based out of Washington, DC. He covers science news for United Press International, and is the author of the book “Balls On The Lawn”. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/brooks-hays/rss en Environment Research Tue, 30 Aug 2016 05:26:01 +0000 Brooks Hays https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/08/30/nasa-sea-ice-settling-into-new-normal https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/08/30/nasa-sea-ice-settling-into-new-normal UPI – Researchers say the last two years of melting show how much sea ice loss is dictated by weather patterns during June and July.