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Rhythm Of The Ice

VANISHING SEA ICE HAS BEEN THE MOST visible change in Antarctica in the past year. During the polar winter, the area covered by frozen ocean usually grows to double the size of the continent, but in 2023, it shrank to the smallest seen in 44 years of satellite records – so

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