00:00A new study shows that human-caused climate change is the reason that the Arctic summer sea ice will melt
00:05about a decade before experts predicted it to.
00:08The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, examined satellite data and climate models from 1979 through 2019 to see
00:17how Arctic sea ice has changed.
00:20Axios reports that a researcher in the study said, quote,
00:22quote, this would affect human society and the ecosystem both within and outside the Arctic through changing Arctic marine activities
00:29as well as further accelerating the Arctic warming.
00:32Science Alert notes that the consequences would be dire for animals in the region.
00:37The loss of sea ice could also impact ocean temperatures and currents globally, according to the site.
00:43CNN reports that there has already been a rapid loss of sea ice in the region,
00:47with September sea ice shrinking at a rate of 12.6 percent per decade, according to NASA.
00:53The Washington Post reports that in the past 30 years alone, 95 percent of the Arctic's oldest and thickest sea
00:59ice has melted away.
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