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Arctic sea ice suffers ‘devastating’ loss, shrinks to second… – Thomson Reuters Foundation
CLIMATE-CHANGE/SEA ICE (PIX, TV):Arctic sea ice suffers ‘devastating’ loss, shrinks to second lowest on record
By Cassandra Garrison and and Natalie Thomas
ARCTIC OCEAN, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists announced Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly transforming the region.
Satellites recorded this year’s sea ice minimum at 3.74 million square kilometers on Sept. 15, only the second time the ice has been measured below 4 million square kilometers in 40 years of record …
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