It’s just melting.

The planet that is.

But it’s doesn’t even warrant an exclamation mark because it’s been going on for years now.   Sad.

Maybe that’s where everyone’s been getting the water for the ice bucket challenge – haha.

Arctic sea ice continued its long-term decline in 2014. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Arctic sea ice covered just 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square miles) this summer, well below the 1981–2010 average of 6.22 million square kilometers (2.40 million square miles). The 2014 sea ice extent was the sixth lowest recorded in the modern satellite era.

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NASA Earth Observatory: A Tale of Two Poles

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