“We’ve fallen off the cliff. We’re not approaching the cliff. We’ve fallen off it.”
Research suggests that bears are catching fewer seals and moving greater distances than they did historically
The year was the second warmest in modern times for the fragile Arctic, said the peer-reviewed report compiled by 85 scientists from 12 nations.
The Arctic ice sheet is dwindling at a catastrophic rate, but researchers say building 10-million wind-powered pumps could save it.
The United Nations says that 13 of the 14 warmest years on record have occured since the turn of the new millennium.
Scientists fear the Arctic could be entirely ice-free in summer by the middle of the century – if not sooner.
The Arctic sea’s ice shrink record is widely seen by scientists as a strong signal of long-term climate warming.
A study has found only 30% of radical loss of the Arctic’s ice is due to natural variability in the Atlantic, and it will probably get worse.
Summer sea ice could be gone by 2080, says the International Polar Year.
