A new study published in Nature warned looked at sea ice levels in the Arctic Ocean.
It would make life even more challenging for bears on the ice The Arctic Ocean could see its first ice free day within this decade, scientists warned this week. Both polar regions of our planet are currently covered with ice year-round, with the ocean at the North Pole reliably looking white. But a new study published in Nature warned that it could soon go blue with open water, much earlier than anticipated.
To be classed as ice free, the ocean doesn’t literally have to have no ice at all. Scientists class it as such when sea ice covers a surface area of one million km or less. The Arctic Ocean is currently a sea of white year round, but this is changing Researchers said that early ice free days were likely to be caused ‘during a rapid ice loss event’ and are associated with a warm winter and spring, followed by summer storms.
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