I spent months in the lab, running models on aerosol particles in the Arctic. Everyone thought these tiny specks cooled things down—reflected sunlight, slowed the melt. I wanted to be wrong. But the data kept coming back the same way. We're not just warming the planet with greenhouse gases. We're making it worse in ways we didn't even know. Those particles? They're bringing warm water and stronger winds to places that should stay frozen. I submitted the paper knowing what it meant. Another way humans are accelerating something we can't undo. Another study showing we're worse than we calculated. The Chukchi Sea is melting faster because of us. All of us. And now I have to wake up every day knowing I proved it. #Science #ClimateAnxiety #ResearchReality