Saturday, October 17, 2026
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Winter sea ice loss may be underestimated, ancient clues from a warmer Arctic suggest

Future Arctic winter sea ice is likely to shrink by around 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) more than previously thought, after researchers used clues from a warm period 6,000 years ago to improve the reliability of climate models.

Winter sea ice loss may be underestimated, ancient clues from a warmer Arctic suggest
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Future Arctic winter sea ice is likely to shrink by around 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) more than previously thought, after researchers used clues from a warm period 6,000 years ago to improve the reliability of climate models.

Originally published at Phys.org

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