NASA has released a short animation that shows just how far the Arctic Ice has receded since 1979, when satellites began recording such information. According to the New York Times, an independent report from 14 research teams has 11 of those teams forecasting an even more dramatic decrease than last year in the decrease in ice. Here’s the video:

Probably not such a good thing. takepart here and read the article in the Times, and takepart here to learn all about Arctic climate change, courtesy of the good people that brought us the aforementioned report.