The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it

By Arwyn Edwards, The Conversation June 27, 2023
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The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average, causing irrevocable changes to this vast landscape and precarious ecosystem – from the anticipated extinction of polar bears to the appearance of killer whales in ever-greater numbers. A new study suggests the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer as soon as the 2030s – around a decade earlier than previously predicted.

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