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Ice in Arctic Sea Melting Faster Than Expected

Description:Some of the ice in the Arctic Sea stays frozen through the summer, but the rate of melting ice is reportedly 50 percent higher than previously thought. The findings resulted from a study done by scientists in the United Kingdom who looked at data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s IceSat satellite and the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite. (1:09)

Source: GeoBeats

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