Scientists are raising the alarm that the Arctic could see its first ice-free day within 3 years.
This is the reality we are facing! The truth is that much more needs to be done to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and fast. The climate doesn’t care about U.S. politics – the reality is that we are looking at a catastrophic ice loss event by 2027 if we don’t act now.
Climate change has already caused sea ice to dwindle for decades. Using climate models simulating trends in global temperatures and Arctic sea ice concentrations, experts predict that the Arctic’s first ice-free day is likely to occur within 20 years – but given the right conditions, it could happen in as soon as 3-6 years!
They’re warning that the only way to avoid an ice-free day within the next few years is to stay consistent with the most ambitious goals set forth in the Paris Agreement: capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. That means cutting greenhouse gas emissions to limit the total amount of sea ice that melts away.
Otherwise, the first ice-free day could drag on until we get the first ice-free month. And right now, it’s looking like we may blow past that 1.5 degrees Celsius target – we’re on track for more than 2.6 C of warming by the end of the century. The time to act is now!
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