National Geographic have released a new edition of their Atlas map which shows the shocking decline of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean over the past decade.
The animation above, courtesy of National Geographic, shows the change in Arctic mapping every five years between 2000 – 2015 as published in their editions of Atlas of the World.
The following video explores and discusses the change of the Arctic ice and what has changed over the past decade.
“With the trend we’re seeing now, it’s very likely that there will be a day within this century that there will be no ice in the Arctic” – Josefino Comiso, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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They consistently talk about the ice in the Arctic. I’m curious how much the ice is being affected in the Antarctic.
All the ice melting is fresh water why can’t we tap into it to replenish the Midwest aquifer and all drought prone areas. A pipeline for water not oil nobody would protest. Isn’t this possible?
if they are cutting all the tree’s down doesn’t that reduce the oxygen in the air and enhance the heat of the climate doesnt make sense why reduce the amount of oxygen we have when the population is continuously growing always wanted to know why
Im sure thats a big part of climate change
Don i agree with you on that one good question