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Arctic sea ice levels to reach record low within days | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views
Arctic melt releasing ancient gas - 0 views
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Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere. The methane has been trapped by ice, but is able to escape as the ice melts. Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this ancient gas could have a significant impact on climate change.
Four-degree rise demands 90-degree rethink - 0 views
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Lost since 1979 ... about 80 per cent of summer sea-ice. Photo: Nick Cobbing Climate change has moved into a new and dangerous phase. The Arctic has been warming two to three times faster than the rest of the world.
Arctic winter ice decline - 0 views
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The volume of sea ice in the Arctic hit a new low this past winter, according to observations from the European Space Agency's (Esa) Cryosat mission.
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