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- The latent heat of fusion is the energy required to change a substance from its solid to a liquid state.
- The heat energy that is causing the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is currently targeted toward melting. When the ice melts, it will rapidly warm the liquid water because all of that excess energy will go to warming the water.
- A Blue Ocean Event is the name given to a time when scientists expect to have an ice-free Arctic. At that point, it will likely trigger much faster warming as the latent heat of fusion is no longer able to prevent the warming water.