COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Scientists Give Odds on Arctic Sea Ice Shrinkage
Description: Sea ice forms as ocean water freezes. Sea-ice extent is the area of an ocean covered by at least 15 percent ice. Arctic sea ice has been declining since the late 1970s, and scientists believe this is caused by rising winter temperatures in the region fueled by global warming. [Source: LiveScience]
URL: http://www.livescience.com/environment/070420_less_ice.html
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Source: LiveScience
Publish Date: 4/20/2007
Reading Level: Basic
Page Length: 2

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