Environment
The Arctic's Shrinking Ice Cover Sets Another Dismal Record
Since 1979, the region has lost a winter ice cover equal to twice the size of Texas.
With the way the Arctic is warming up, there soon might not be an ice pellet left to wing at a climate-change denier’s noggin. The region’s sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year and—at 5.6 million square miles—it’s the paltriest winter extent in almost four decades of satellite records.