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Arctic Sea ice melt hits record low, NASA reports.

Arctic sea-ice extent reached its lowest level this year, and will continue to decrease for weeks.

Arctic ice is melting at record-breaking speeds, report finds

Arctic sea ice surface area has fallen to new lows, as it heats up twice as fast as the rest of the earth.

A fisherman sails on the Ice Fjord of Ilulissat, Greenland on July 3, 2009. The Ilulissat glacier lost 94 square kilometres (60 square miles) of surface area from 2001 to 2005 due to global warming, according to a US study published last year.

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