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Scientists say it's too late to save Arctic summer ice. What happens now?

Within the next few decades, the Arctic will have its first ice-free September. Even with significant cuts in global CO2 emissions and if CO2 emissions only decline slowly, or keep rising, arctic summer ice could disappear within the next decade.

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