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Shipping lanes could be regularly open across the Arctic by 2030 as rising temperatures continue to melt the sea ice, according to a National Research Council analysis commissioned by the U.S. Navy last year.... Afghanistan and more pressing issues elsewhere, the United States has been something of a reluctant northern power, though its nuclear-powered submarine fleet, which can navigate for months underwater and below the ice cap, remains second to none.


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THE East Antarctic ice sheet looks unlikely to release its frozen grip any time soon. A new model suggests that prehistoric sea-level rise long thought to have been caused by the ice sheet melting was actually the result of local...
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The arctic sea ice (ice cap) is more than 2 sigma out from normal variation in recent years. The arctic cap has basically melted. It does refreeze in winter sure, but the persistent ice is gone. Focusing on the antarctic portion of...
antarctica melting ice caps