Arctic Ice That Scientists<br />Thought Would Last <br />Is Melting Arctic sea ice north of Greenland is <br />some of the oldest and thickest ice on Earth. Scientists have even called the region <br />"the last ice area" This year, <br />ice in the region<br />has thawed twice. One scientist <br />described the <br />unusual melting as "scary." Winds and unusual warm weather <br />have pushed the ice away <br />from Greenland's coast, where it <br />stays stable and piles up to 70 feet high. This trend in the Arctic <br />has been occurring <br />since 1995. In fact, between 1995 and 2017,
