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Warming from Arctic Sea Ice Melting More Dramatic than Thought

2014-02-17 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite observations. Sea ice helps cool the Arctic by reflecting incoming solar radiation back into space. Because of its light color, sea ice has what is known as high albedo, which is the percentage of solar radiation a surface reflects back to space. Dark ocean water left behind by melting sea ice, on the other...

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