Major Arctic sea ice melt is expected this summer
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 14:56
in Earth & Climate
(AP) -- The Arctic will remain on thinning ice, and climate warming is expected to begin affecting the Antarctic also, scientists said Friday. "The long-term prognosis is not very optimistic," atmospheric scientist Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University said at a briefing.
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