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Arctic Thaw Set at 40% by 2050

Researchers put 40% of Arctic underwater by 2050

By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 7, 2007 6:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – At least 40% of the polar icecap will be gone by 2050, Seattle scientists predicted today, putting the meltdown way ahead of earlier predictions that so much ice would take a century to vanish. Greenhouse gases, which linger in the atmosphere for up to 50...   Read full story »

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