Worse than we thought: Remember when all the Arctic sea ice was supposed to be gone before now? Now it "could possibly" be ice-free by 2054, where "ice-free" could include over 16,000 Manhattans of ice

Scientists Predict Ice-Free Arctic By 2054 Caused By Global Warming

A new study conducted by researchers from the University at Albany predicts that the Arctic could possibly reach an ice-free state by 2054. An area is considered to be ice-free when ice coverage is less than 1 million square kilometers, or about 386,000 square miles.