The Melting Arctic Is a Real-Time Horror Story — Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?
This summer’s epic wildfires and other extreme weather events have a root cause By JEFF GOODELL Last week, scientists learned that 40-foot piles of compacted sea ice — some of the oldest and most durable clusters in the Arctic — are breaking away from the coast of Greenland and drifting out to sea. One meteorologist called it “scary,” but it was hardly unexpected. As the earth’s climate heats up, the idea of a “blue Arctic”… …
