Can you feel the world getting warmer? Maybe you can’t, but ice across the planet’s surface has certainly been feeling the heat, according to new reports. Indeed, the dramatic shrinkage of Arctic ice—and at some spots, its seasonal near disappearance—is one sure sign that our planet has developed a fever.
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“The latest figures are part of what appears to be an accelerating trend with no apparent end in sight,” said Wilfried Haeberli, who directs the glacier-monitoring group.