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Ice Is Melting at the World's Northernmost Research Station

In April, researchers drilled into the Dovrebreen glacier in Svalbard. They were aiming to extract 2 ice cores from 125 metres deep which would provide a picture of the planet’s atmosphere 300 years ago. But 25 metres down, ice gave way to a big pool of water.

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