🔴 **The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could occur before 2030**

_“The primary trigger of the rapid transition to the first ice-free day within 3–6 years that we identified was a warm atmosphere in the previous winter and spring, leading to a loss of sea ice mass year-round Fig. 3b).”_

Heuzé, C., Jahn, A. The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could occur before 2030. Nat Commun 15, 10101 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54508-3.

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