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News spotlight: Ice sheet warming at highest rate in 1,000 years

By Mary Kate McCoy

January 30, 2023
In case you missed it: One of the coldest regions of the planet is experiencing its highest temperatures in at least a millennium. While grim, the findings are in line with what’s becoming clearer and clearer — Earth’s frozen regions are steadily warming.
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‘Alarming’ study: Oceans heating at a rapid pace

By Bruno Vander Velde

November 2, 2018
The amount of heat accumulated by the oceans in recent decades may be much higher than originally thought, according to a study published this week.
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