Over the last 40 years, a rapid shrinking of Arctic sea ice has been one of the most significant indicators of climate change. The amount of sea ice that survives the Arctic summer has declined 13% per decade since the late 1970s and projections show the region could experience its first ice-free summer by 2040.
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Source: Phys.org