Thanks to human-caused warming, an area of ice three times the size of Texas went missing this year.
Arctic sea ice shriveled so much during this summer’s now-finished melt season that it has reached the second lowest extent on record.
Thanks to human-caused warming, an area of ice three times the size of Texas went missing this year.
Arctic sea ice shriveled so much during this summer’s now-finished melt season that it has reached the second lowest extent on record.
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