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Ice-free Arctic possible in 32 years

Summer ice measures suggest that the Arctic may lose most of it ice cap within three decades — three times faster than projected — suggest federal scientists. Only coastal Greenland and Canada may then retain ice cover, suggest the study in the April 3 Geophysical Research Letters.

"The Arctic is changing faster than anticipated," says author James Overland of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Full Story: http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/04/icefree-arctic-possible-in-32-years.html

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