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What happens if the ice melts?

April 4, 2012

Maiken Kaczmar from New York, USA

epa03018712 (FILE) A handout picture dated 23 August 2011 and provided by the Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research shows an aerial view of the research ship 'Polarstern' (North Star) sailing on the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole. The period between 2002 and 2011 was the hottest decade on record, the United Nations weather agency said 29 November 2011, on the second day of a global climate summit being held in South Africa. In 2011, Arctic sea ice shrunk to its second-lowest area on record, and its volume was the lowest, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. The report was the third scientific report issued by a UN agency in recent weeks, all pointing to the growing impact of increasing carbon emissions on global warming and severe weather events. EPA/MARIO HOPPMANN - ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
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