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NOAA to Map Alaskas Increasingly Ice-Free Arctic Waters

2013-02-28 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched a program to update some of its nautical charts, thanks largely to climate change. The revisions affect Alaska's coast, which has America's only Arctic seafront. As a result of global warming, ice that has historically blocked Arctic waters, even in summer, has been plummeting in recent years, with 2012 ice melting back to the smallest extent since satellite records began. And as sea ice recedes, said NOAA Coast Survey director...

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