Save The Arctic
In the last 30 years, we’ve lost as much as three-quarters of the
floating sea ice cover at the top of the world. The volume of that sea
ice measured by satellites in the summer, when it reaches its smallest,
has shrunk so fast that scientists say it’s now in a ‘death spiral’.
For over 800,000 years, ice has been a permanent feature of the
Arctic ocean. It’s melting because of our use of dirty fossil fuel
energy, and in the near future it could be ice free for the first time
since humans walked the Earth. This would be not only devastating for
the people, polar bears, narwhals, walruses and other species that live
there - but for the rest of us too.
The ice at the top of the world reflects much of the sun’s heat
back into space and keeps our whole planet cool, stabilising the
weather systems that we depend on to grow our food. Protecting the ice
means protecting us all.
MELTING ARCTIC
The Arctic ice we all depend on is disappearing. Fast.
