The Bering Sea is already nearly ice-free, setting up more havoc for its ecosystem and residents
For the second year in a row, Bering Sea ice has undergone a dramatic mid-winter melt.
A year ago, a midwinter meltdown erased most of the ice in the Bering Sea, leaving vast stretches of open water and creating shocking conditions like storm surges in coastal villages normally protected by solid sea ice. The winter ice extent, when it hit its maximum last March, was the lowest, by far, in more than 150 years of records.
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