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Arctic ice melt doesn’t boost sea levels, so do we care? – Macau Business
US government scientists reported that the Arctic Ocean’s floating ice cover has shrivelled to its second lowest extent since satellite records
US government scientists reported Monday that the Arctic Ocean’s floating ice cover has shrivelled to its second lowest extent since satellite records began in 1979.
Until this month, only once in the last 42 years has Earth’s frozen skull cap covered less than four million square kilometres (1.5 million square miles).
The trend line is clear: sea ice extent has diminished 14 percent per decade over that period. The Arctic could see it’s first ice-free summer as early as 2035, researchers repo…
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