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Young and thin instead of old and bulky: researchers report on changes in Arctic sea ice after return of research vessel Polarstern http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1318607776
In the central Arctic the proportion of old, thick sea ice has declined significantly. Instead, the ice cover now largely consists of thin, one-year-old floes. This is one of the results that scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association brought back from the 26th Arctic expedition of the research vessel Polarstern....
One of the most important research questions was: Did sea ice melt to a greater extent this summer, making it thinner than in past years?...
"The ice has not recovered. This summer it appears to have melted to exactly the same degree as in 2007. Yes, it is exactly as thin as in the record year," says Hendricks.
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