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A record Arctic melt

By Stephen Ornes / September 10, 2012
Arctic sea ice forms in the ocean, unlike glaciers and icebergs that form from land-based freshwater. Credit: Andy Mahoney, National Snow and Ice Data Center

Satellites show summer 2012 sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean shrunk to a record low

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