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New Theory for Why Antarctic Sea Ice Is Growing
2013-04-01 18:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: It's a global warming paradox. As air and sea temperatures rise, Arctic sea ice is rapidly and uniformly dwindling. In 2012, Arctic sea ice declined so much that the loss "utterly" obliterated the previous record, set in 2007, according to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center. As of 2012, the area of Arctic sea ice around the North Pole had shrunk to 1.58 million square miles (4.1 million square kilometers)-the smallest measurement since 1979, when satellite observations began. But...
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