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Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Verges on New Record Low
Source: Posted: 08-28-2008 at 08:00:32
| Environment News Service: Evidence that Earth's climate continues to heat up comes this week in the form of satellite data that shows the extent of Arctic sea ice this year has shrunk below the 2005 minimum to stand as the second-smallest since observations from space began 30 years ago. Last summer, the extent of Arctic sea ice shrank to more than 30 percent below average, its smallest extent in the satellite record. Each year, the Arctic Ocean experiences the formation and then melting of vast amounts ... |
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