[news] Arctic Sea Ice Melts to its Lowest Level Ever

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By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor, The Independent (UK)  
Published: 22 September 2007

In what will be widely seen as one of the most alarming signs yet of accelerating global warming, the summer melt-back exceeded the September 2005 low point by 22 per cent – an area of 1.2 million square kilometres – more than 385,000 square miles. This represents an area five times the size of the UK.

  


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