Every summer the Arctic Ocean loses more ice — and it could all be gone within decades. Quirin Schiermeier looks at how the vanishing summer ice affects those living in the north.
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Schiermeier, Q. The new face of the Arctic. Nature 446, 133–135 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446133a
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