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Darker Arctic boosting global warming
2014-02-17 22:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Arctic isn't nearly as bright and white as it used to be because of more ice melting in the ocean, and that's turning out to be a global problem, a new study says. With more dark, open water in the summer, less of the sun's heat is reflected back into space. So the entire Earth is absorbing more heat than expected, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Melting Arctic ice called economic time bomb That extra absorbed energy is so...
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