Arctic Connected | Sea ice loss and climate change

The Arctic—which is warming nearly four times faster than the global average over the past four decades—has long been viewed as “ground zero” of the climate crisis. Summer Arctic sea ice extent is shrinking by 13% per decade. Sea ice forms in the winter and then partially melts during the warmer summer months.

Within the next few decades, it is projected that the Arctic will be completely ice-free in the summertime. Since the ocean’s surface absorbs more heat from the sun when ice-free, instead of reflecting it, the Arctic Ocean’s temperature will increase, causing more melting—contributing even further to climate warming.

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