China has warned that expanding ice cover in northern China will have a “serious” impact on oil exploration and shipping.

The deep freeze is also restricting activity in the Yellow Sea, where ice may reach 90 nautical miles from the coast by next week.The thickness of the ice may reach 40 centimeters, the State Oceanic Administration said on its website.

Sea ice appeared last week in Bohai and the Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed temperatures down to minus 10 degrees Celsius.

The most severe icing in 30 years also hit the coast of nearby Shandong province.

source: asiasi

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