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Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast
12 May 2008 04:11:31 GMT
 Source: Reuters
TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - Arctic ice is melting fast and the area covered by ice sheets in ocean could shrink this summer to the smallest since 1978 when satellite observation first started, Japanese scientists warned in a report.

Ice sheets in the Arctic Ocean shrank to the smallest area on record in late summer in 2007, researchers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said in a report on the website


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