Record melting of Arctic ice, it had never before dropped below 4 million square kilometers
In less than one generation, we have altered the way in which the planet looks from space and soon the North Pole will be completely ice free in summer, probably...
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Record melting of Arctic ice, it had never before dropped below 4 million square kilometers
In less than one generation, we have altered the way in which the planet looks from space and soon the North Pole will be completely ice free in summer, probably within the next 5 years or at the most the next 20, depending on the forecast.
The annual melting of Arctic ice is reaching a level that is reducing the extent of sea ice to the lowest level ever recorded since satellite monitoring began in 1979. Scientists from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have raised the alarm.
Scientists have recently announced a new record of the melting of Arctic ice, a record that we would have gladly done without. The ice cover has been decreasing every year since the 1970s: at that time, the extent of ice was roughly 8 million square kilometers, today it is less than 3.41 million square kilometers, as shown by satellite images: 45% less compared to 1979.
Last March, the melting spee
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