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Arctic Island: More Evidence of Melting, Scientists Say
Posted on September 02, 2008
The Journal's Tom Wright reports:The Arctic has become an island for the first time in modern human history, showing the extent of global warming's impact on the North Poles ice cap, scientists say.Images from NASA satellites, stitched together by scientists at the University of Bremen, show that both the Northwest Passage around Canada and Northeast Passage around Russia are simultaneously free of ice for the first time in at least 125,000 years, making it theoretically possible to circumnavigate the North Pole in a ship.Since 2005, higher summer temperatures, leading to a greater retreat of ...
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