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Article: NASA study finds dramatic reduction in Arctic Ocean's perennial sea ice
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 14, 2006
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Washington, Sept 14 -- The perennial sea ice of the Arctic Ocean has shrunk by 14 percent during the summer between 2004 and 2005, and in all likelihood the ice would further retreat to a new record low during the current year, a new study by NASA scientists has found.
It was found that the Arctic perennial sea ice of three-meter thickness or more was spread over an area of around 730,000 sq km, and that it was replaced in the winter by new seasonal ice, which was only about 0.3 to two meters thick and more vulnerable to summer melt.
It was found that winds pushed the perennial ice from the East to the West ...