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The Arctic Hasn’t Been This Warm for 3 Million Years – The Wire Science
Scientists have projected that the Arctic will be completely ice-free in summer within the next two decades.
Chunks of ice float inside of meltwater pools on top of the Helheim glacier near Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 19, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This year it measures just 1.44 million square miles (3.74 million square kilometers) the second-lowest value in the 42 years since satellites began taking measurements. The ice today covers only 50% of the area it covered 40 years ago in late summer.
This years minimum…
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