Hothouse Earth and an Ice-Free Arctic Sea. Starting in 2030?

From Just Have a Think.

When will we lose all the sea ice from the Arctic Ocean? It’s a question our climate scientists and oceanographers have been working on for many years. Nobody can say for sure, but a brand new research paper suggests the very first day when we could see an ice-free Arctic Ocean might be less than FIVE years away. And the world is definitely NOT ready for that!!!!

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