Arctic Ice Got Smaller, Thinner, Younger This Winter
Monday, April 6, 2009 - 17:42
in Earth & Climate
Turns out there is such a thing as being too young and too thin. Arctic ice continued its decline this winter, with hearty old ice increasingly being replaced with quick-to-melt young ice, U.S. officials say.
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