Summer Ice in the Arctic is Gone

"The Arctic Ocean is expected to have its first entirely ice-free summer in the 2030s. This would result in open water at the North Pole. Even the multi-year sea ice in sheltered fjords, thick with layers of repeated freezes, may not last in the warmth and may start to disappear. The algal forests on the underside of the ice would then be cast into the water, affecting the whole Arctic food chain. Since the Earth would have less ice, it would be less white each year, meaning less of the Suns energy would be reflected back out to space, and the speed of global warming would increase again. The Arctic would start to lose its ability to cool the planet."

Attenborough, David. 2020. A Life on Our Planet.