naked cap: Polar Ice Is Lost at Sea.
Although the loss of sea ice is troubling, the overall pace of change is even worse. Global temperatures are rising at a rate far in excess of anything seen in recent Earth history. That means, in all likelihood, these latest records were made to be broken.
Humanity may, very likely, be doomed. Either doomed to extinction, turning Earth into another Venus, or dooming ourselves to sputtering centuries of attempted manmade climate management.