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Polar ice melts! More to it than manmade climate change
Oct 4 2007, Apabrita

The amount of ice that has been melting away in the North pole has been on the rise due to manmade climate change, although, that’s not the only reason.

This year, a record amount of ice melted. People from around the world find the rapidly...

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