Africa: Satellites Record Second Lowest Arctic Sea Ice Extent Since 1979

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The polar oceans are among the most rapidly changing oceans in the world. The yearly cycle of the build-up and melting of Arctic sea ice is one of the earth's vital signs and a key climate variable monitored by scientists.

While they may be far from the world's major population centres, changes in the polar regions have global implications: they affect the world's climate through carbon storage and/or release, heat balance, and other environmental and ecological impacts.

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