Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: U.S. data

In a 2023 study, researchers found that the Arctic Ocean's ice cap would likely disappear in summer as soon as the 2030s

...it was supposed to disappear in 2005, 2008, 2015 already, depending on which "scientific" pontificator you listen to.

The retreating ice also has a major impact on polar bears, which need sea ice to hunt.

That old canard has been debunked so many times; the writer must have been living under a rock.

with temperatures as much as eight degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) above average for the month.

Temperatures are currently 20C above average according to another news story. Very worrying.

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/temperatures-at-north-pole-20c-above-average-and-beyond-ice-melting-point

...it was supposed to disappear in 2005, 2008, 2015 already, depending on which "scientific" pontificator you listen to.

Fact: The Arctic is getting warmer.

Fact: Ice melts when its warm.

I have no idea which "pontificators" specified those exact years or if you are just making it up, but if they were saying the ice is going to melt then they were correct.

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...it was supposed to disappear in 2005, 2008, 2015 already, depending on which "scientific" pontificator you listen to.

You keep making that claim, and then you only bring declarations from people that are not scientific experts, that alone proves the claim is false.

the nsidc is not a government organization, but complies data with nasa and noaa, which are. they already had this data before trump began scrubbing all government sites of all climate related information.

scientists working in u.s. government positions, who “believe” climate change is occurring, are being culled.

Second lowest, so better than being the lowest, But that's the weather.