The Arctic’s Oldest Ice Is Disappearing At a Rapid Rate, Study Finds

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Nov 13, 2019, 1:28 pm593 ptsHot
The Arctic’s oldest and thickest ice is disappearing at a rate twice as fast as ice in the rest of the region, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The decline is being driven by warming ocean temperatures and sea ice loss throughout the Arctic, which scientists say…

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