Early July brought “just the pattern you’d like to see if you’d like to get rid of ice' in the Arctic.
The amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic has been steadily shrinking over the past few decades.The amount of sea ice in the Arctic melted away to a record low for the month of July,Sea ice is frozen ocean water that melts each summer, then refreezes each winter. It affects Arctic communities and wildlife such as polar bears and walruses, and it helps regulate the planet’s temperature by influencing the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean.
Early July brought “just the pattern you’d like to see if you’d like to get rid of ice,” Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, toldThe average sea ice area for July 2020 was 2.81 million square miles, the lowest extent on record for the month. This was some 846,000 square miles below the July average and 120,000 square miles below the previous record low mark for July set in 2019.
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