In the last three decades, its volume has shrunk by roughly three-quarters. As the University of Laval’s Louis Fortier puts it, “we are three-quarters of the way to ice-free summers in the Arctic Ocean.”
美国国家冰雪数据中心的沃尔特·迈耶用“碎冰”来形容今天的冰盖，而且它还在越变越薄。过去三十年间冰盖体积已经缩小近四分之三。正如拉瓦尔大学的路易斯·福蒂斯所说，“只需再融掉四分之一我们就能亲眼见证北冰洋无冰的夏天。