A vast layer of frozen seawater spreads across the Arctic Ocean each winter, then retreats as warmer months return.
This yearly cycle has continued for thousands of years, but the amount of ice left behind has changed dramatically in recent decades.
Satellite observations now show an Arctic with much less sea ice than it had when continuous monitoring began in the late 1970s.
The decline…
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