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Archive Home > 2012 > August > 28 > Warm Arctic summer melting sea ice at record-breaking pace, say scientists

Warm Arctic summer melting sea ice at record-breaking pace, say scientists

By Justin Gillis / The Bulletin
August 28, 2012

The amount of sea ice in the Arctic has fallen to the lowest level on record, a confirmation of the drastic warming in the region and a likely harbinger of larger changes to come.

Satellites tracking the extent of the sea ice found over the weekend that it covered about 1.58 million square....

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