Loss of Ice Cover in the Arctic Sea
- The National Centre of Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) found the largest decline in the Arctic Sea ice in the last 41 years due to global warming in July, 2019.
- NCPOR noted that between 1979 and 2018, the sea ice has been declining at a rate of -4.7 per cent per decade, while its rate was found to be -13 per cent in July 2019.
- If this trend continues, there would be no ice left in the Arctic sea by 2050 since the volume of ice loss during summers might surpass the volume of ice formation during winters.
- The decline of ....
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