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Sea ice across the Arctic Ocean is shrinking to below-average levels this summer. NASA’s Operation IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, just completed its first flights studying the aquamarine pools of melt water on the ice surface that may be accelerating the overall sea ice retreat. via NASA ift.tt/29RigKX
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Melt Water Over Arctic Sea Ice was taken on July 14, 2016 at 04:45PM