Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record

Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 570,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,140,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,040,000 km² below the 1980s mean

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redhydride@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well it's not new anymore. Drill baby drill

huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

I still think with a global effort we can get that number to zero.

SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y

Starting to think there's something to this Global Warming thing.

taiyang@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

I guess a silver lining is that Florida will eventually be under water. So at least there's that (sigh).