This season's Arctic sea ice loss was over 75% of it's original area. Only around 24% remained this year. This year's loss was equivalent to the land mass of Alaska and Canada combined. NOAA says that ElNinio has stalled. No one has an idea what impact that will have on weather but it is suspected that it will extend droughts in the south western United States.

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