Arctic Sea Ice Is Second-Lowest on Record – National Geographic
Article Synopsis – Sea ice cover in the Arctic was the second-lowest on record this winter. Though there was slightly more ice overall compared to last year’s record-breaking low, scientists saw several troubling trends. During February, temperatures skyrocketed to a high more than 45 degrees above normal in some areas, sending the North Pole—in the dead of winter, when the region is shrouded in darkness—above freezing for several days. Massive sections of Greenland, normally blanketed by thick, old ice, experienced open water for the first time on record. Much of the Bering Sea off Alaska, and, for a while, the whole of the Bering Strait, was also ice-free. To read the actual article click here.