The Arctic just hit its lowest winter sea ice level in 48 years of recorded history for the second year in a row. On March 15, Arctic sea ice peaked at just 5.52 million square miles a statistical tie with last year’s record low. To put that in perspective, the missing ice compared to the 1981–2010 average is roughly twice the size of Texas. And it’s not just shrinking scientists say it’s also much thinner and more fragile than it used to be, with sea ice near the North Pole recording record-low thickness for several months now.
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