How the climate crisis is playing out in the Arctic

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Sailing the Arctic from Iceland to Svalbard in the last days of summer is a sobering experience, with no sign of sea ice in the world’s coldest ocean.

It is late summer in the Arctic when we return to the Sylvia Earle, the ship operated by Australian company Aurora Expeditions that spirited us to the Earth’s southern pole last November. We are embarking on the northern journey in the immediate wake of two news items bursting with import for the Arctic – and the planet.

The Trump administration decided to terminate funds to produce the Arctic Report Card, which tracks global warming across the region. Twila Moon, a glaciologist and lead editor of the report card, said of her research’s significance to the United States: “What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic.

This is all part of the Trump administration agenda to cripple effective climate policies and programs. As we sailed in the Arctic, Europe was strangled with record heat.

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