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A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data

  • Written by Alexandra Jahn, Associate Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Arctic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate dataThe author's view walking across Arctic sea ice off Utqiagvik, Alaska, in April 2025.Alexandra Jahn

As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape.

Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat areas and then rubble again. The snow atop it,...

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