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We Could Regrow Arctic Ice — But Is It Real Progress, or Just Rebranding Collapse?
The thicker the ice, the thinner the promises
The cold has a sound. It crackles underfoot and whistles through the pine needles when the wind shifts across the tundra. Here in Sweden’s Lapland, just shy of the Arctic Circle, we’ve always measured winter not by temperature, but by what it silences: the rivers that stop running, the herds that stop moving, the skies that lose their birds.
But something is shifting. The cold doesn’t last as long as it used to.
In my 31-year lifetime, the Arctic has . The thick, old ice — the kind that lasts year after year — has . And the pace isn’t slowing. The Arctic is warming nearly than the global average.
And now, .
Just last month, scientists that the Arctic is likely to see its That’s not a theoretical tipping point — it’s five years away.
This isn’t just about loss. It’s about what that loss unleashes — far beyond my backyard. When sea ice disappears and exposes the ocean to warmth, it erases a the entire planet. The vast white expanse of this ice …
