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Global Warming Alert: Arctic Ice Continues to Melt Like Butter

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According to recent NASA reports, the volume Arctic sea ice has been steadily decreasing for two years in a row.

© Photo : NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterAs ice melts, the liquid water collects in depressions on the surface and deepens them, forming these melt ponds in the Arctic.
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As ice melts, the liquid water collects in depressions on the surface and deepens them, forming these melt ponds in the Arctic.
© Sputnik / Valeriy MelnikovThe bridge of the Yamal nuclear-powered icebreaker during the Kara-Winter 2015 scientific expedition aimed at studying the ice floe in Russia's Arctic reaches.
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The bridge of the Yamal nuclear-powered icebreaker during the Kara-Winter 2015 scientific expedition aimed at studying the ice floe in Russia's Arctic reaches.
© Sputnik / Valeriy MelnikovParticipants of the Kara-Winter 2015 scientific expedition.
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Participants of the Kara-Winter 2015 scientific expedition.
© Photo : NASA/Chris Larsen, University of Alaska-FairbanksA DHC-3 Otter aircraft surveys of mountain glaciers in Alaska as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge.
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A DHC-3 Otter aircraft surveys of mountain glaciers in Alaska as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge.
© Photo : NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/C. StarrArctic sea ice was at a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second straight year.
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Arctic sea ice was at a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second straight year.
© AFP 2023 / Dominique FagetTourists look out at the Nordenskjoldbreen glacier in the Spitbergen province of the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. July 19, 2015.
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Tourists look out at the Nordenskjoldbreen glacier in the Spitbergen province of the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. July 19, 2015.
© Photo : U.S. Geological SurveyAn ice floe slides down the starboard side of the Coast Guard cutter Healy navigating the Arctic Ocean. August 19, 2009.
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An ice floe slides down the starboard side of the Coast Guard cutter Healy navigating the Arctic Ocean. August 19, 2009.
© Photo : NASA / Michael StudingerSaunders Island and Wolstenholme Fjord with Kap Atholl in the background.
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Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Fjord with Kap Atholl in the background.
© Photo : NOAA Photo LibraryScientist testing the waters, with USCG Icebreaker HEALY seen in the background. Arctic Ocean, Canada Basin. July 24, 2005.
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Scientist testing the waters, with USCG Icebreaker HEALY seen in the background. Arctic Ocean, Canada Basin. July 24, 2005.
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