The increase in length of melt season for Arctic sea ice by several days each decade and an early start this season is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb additional solar radiation. This is resulting in melting of as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap's thickness in some places. Julienne Stroeve, a senior scientist at NSIDC, Boulder and lead author of the new study, said that the Arctic is warming and this is causing the melt season to last longer. She ...
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