Where's the sea ice? 3 reasons the Arctic freeze is unseasonably late and why it matters
India, Oct. 28 -- This year's events in the Arctic are just part of the climate change story of 2020
With the setting of the sun and the onset of polar darkness, the Arctic Ocean would normally be crusted with sea ice along the Siberian coast by now. But this year, the water is still open.
I've watched the region's transformations since the 1980s as an Arctic climate scientist and, since 2008, as director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center . I can tell you, this is not normal. There's so much more heat in the ocean now than there used to be that the pattern of autumn ice growth has been completely disrupted.
To understand what's happening to the sea ice this year and why it's a problem, let's look back at the summer and into the ...
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