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Arctic sea ice decline, an Uncommon card
Sea ice in the Arctic region has declined in recent decades in area and volume due to climate change.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 39,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Arctic sea ice decline quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arctic sea ice decline card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has been melting more in summer than it ______ in winter.
Answer
refreezes. It has been melting more in summer than it refreezes in winter. From the Arctic sea ice decline article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Great Lakes. Great Lakes 89 · Asparagales 84 · Arctic sea ice decline 80 · Chlorophyta 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Białowieża Forest. Białowieża Forest 100,000 · Gene expression 64,000 · Arctic sea ice decline 39,000 · Timeline of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season 19,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It has been melting more in summer than it refreezes in winter.
- Global warming, caused by greenhouse gas forcing is responsible for the decline in Arctic sea ice.
- The decline of sea ice in the Arctic has been accelerating during the early twenty-first century, with a decline rate of 4.7% per decade.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arctic sea ice decline article was read about 39,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Arctic sea ice decline
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Arctic sea ice decline (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dominiklenne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
