These Canadian ice caps were estimated to melt by 2022 — they’re already gone – ZME Science

A paper published back in 2017 estimated that the St. Patrick Bay ice caps in Canada would disappear in 5 years due to climate change. We’re barely halfway through that time, and they’ve already melted.
Satellite images show the location where the St. Patrick Bay ice caps used to exist on the Hazen Plateau of northeastern Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada.Image credits NSIDC.
NASA imagery shows that the ice caps have melted far faster than scientists predicted — 3 years instead of 5. That in…

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