The Archivist

7 June

7 June · 19:39 UTC

No Arctic sea ice in summer, within a decade. I don’t think many understand the monumental thing this is. That sea ice and snow reflects a staggering amount of heat back into space, about 60% of what falls onto it. Without it that heat will be absorbed by the ocean, a colossal injection of new heat to a planet that is already cooking.

Nick Dee shared a link.