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That's pretty fucked considering it's winter there.
It's a record low... peak. So it's not quite that scary, but it is bad. Spring has sprung and it's already receding from its peak (16.956 million km² at the peak, 1986's peak was 17.963 million km²). Currently standing at 16.656 million km², a shrinkage of 300,000 km² already.
nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/chartic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/
Oh my bad! I should really stop commenting at 4 in the morning
It's spring now so it's already started melting. The real problem will be in Feb/March.