Researcher's 1979 Arctic Model Predicted Current Sea Ice Demise, Holds Lessons for Future

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By Sabrina ShankmanFeb 20, 2017, 3:00 am111 pts
Study from decades ago proved remarkably accurate in showing how global warming would affect the Arctic's sea ice, currently in steep decline. By Sabrina Shankman Claire Parkinson, now a senior climate change scientist at NASA, first began studying global warming's impact on Arctic sea ice in 1978, when she was…

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