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Is the Arctic Ocean a carbon sink?

We’ve all heard it: Arctic sea ice is melting. Sea ice is thinner year to year and there is less of it. In 2007, scientists observed a nearly 50 percent loss of summer ice as compared to 1980. With such a dramatic shift, what else is taking place in the Arctic Ocean?

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What is under Greenland’s ice?

We have been watching surface melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet (see Greenland Ice Sheet Today) as one sign of climate change.

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What about that hole in the sea ice?

There’s been discussion about a big opening in sea ice, called a polynya, and if it had anything to do with the Russian expedition ship, Akademik Shokalskiy, getting stuck near the Antarctic coast. The answer is not so straightforward.

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Can liquid water persist within an ice sheet?

Scientists have discovered a large aquifer, the size of Ireland, near the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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Is the Arctic Ocean a carbon sink?
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Can liquid water persist within an ice sheet?
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Is declining sea ice changing the atmosphere?
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