That's 60 square kilometers for the Europeans out there.
How Much of the Arctic Is Each of Us Melting? Quite a Bit, New Study Says
Each American is responsible for enough carbon emissions to melt as much as 645 square feet of ice a year, researchers' calculations show.
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Link to study from Science journal magazine:
Observed Arctic sea-ice loss directly follows anthropogenic CO2 emission
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Friendly reminder: there has not been a single serious climate change discussion between politicians during this entire, mind-numbingly long election cycle.
How Much of the Arctic Is Each of Us Melting? Quite a Bit, New Study Says
Each American is responsible for enough carbon emissions to melt as much as 645 square feet of ice a year, researchers' calculations show.
The study makes a direct link between the amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions and sea ice loss, finding that for each metric ton of CO2 emitted during the period between 1953 and 2012, roughly 32 square feet of sea ice was lost.
The study's authors, climate scientists Dirk Notz and Julienne Stroeve, applied this finding to per capita emissions data from 2013 for each country, and found that the average person causes the loss of hundreds of feet of sea ice each year. But the U.S. and other high-emitting countries like Australia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are not average. Americans, for instance, have a personal footprint of as much as 645 square feet of ice loss. China, a large emitter but with a massive population, has lower per-capita emissions, with up to 322 square feet of ice loss per person.
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Link to study from Science journal magazine:
Observed Arctic sea-ice loss directly follows anthropogenic CO2 emission
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Friendly reminder: there has not been a single serious climate change discussion between politicians during this entire, mind-numbingly long election cycle.