That was the main take-home thought of a new study published earlier in the week in the journal Science, but that wasn’t the only shocking revelation the research has hinted at. According to the study, Americans rank among the top contributors in annual greenhouse gas emissions that lead to climate change, and consequently melt sea ice in the Arctic. Sea ice, which refers to the ocean water that freezes in the winter and melts in the summer, has progressively been shrinking in volume, and recent statistics from the National Snow and Ice Data Center show summertime levels decreasing by close to 34,000 square miles each year.
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Arctic Ice Melt: How Much Ice Does Man-Made Climate Change Melt Each Year?
So, as you can see this is happening much faster than you might have expected.
One thing that happened last winter is the north pole completely melted out for a few days just from a warmer storm that came up there from the U.S. The Temperatures went up to about 50 degrees for a few days and this temporarily melted out the north pole for a few days to a week. I have a picture of this somewhere in my blogs. Here it is:
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