At-a-glance:
Climate change - evidence and predictions
Warming world
Long-term high
Sea level rise
Thinning ice
Growing emissions
Warmer future
Thinning ice
According to the IPCC, North Pole sea-ice has thinned by 40% in recent decades in summer and autumn. Global snow cover has shrunk by 10% since the 1960s and mountain glaciers have also retreated.