Yeah, that wording is clunky. I guess, according to the article, the ice is known to melt and return in a cyclical pattern every year. This year almost a million square miles of ice did not form as expected.

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a look at this chart chart to see how much less ice there is than usual

[–] Unforseen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow that's crazy

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Cropped Y axis exaggerates it a bit, but it's still a fair deficit.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The whole article is a bit clunky to read.

"The word 'unprecedented' gets thrown around a lot..." Are you trying to reach a minimum word count?

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Ha, I definitely recall writing sentences like that in school.