PROJECTED ARCTIC SEA ICE DECLINE

Digital Art on Metal 30" W X 20" H

 

THE SCIENCE

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WHAT'S alarming

Model simulations project an essentially ice-free Arctic summer before mid-century.

This figure appears in chapter 2 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/our-changing-climate/melting-ice/graphics/projected- arctic-sea-ice-decline

(Figure source: adapted from Stroeve et al. 20122). This figure was created on October 21, 2013.

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