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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?


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Icebergs float in a bay off Ammassalik Island, Greenland, on July 19, 2007.

New satellite images from NASA reveal that Arctic Ocean ice is melting much faster than anyone had predicted. One scientist fears that 2012 may mark the end of summer ice in the Arctic Sea.

Photograph by John McConnico/AP