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Pancake ice takes over the Arctic

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Researchers work to put changing ice types into climate models.

Climate change is not only making Arctic sea ice disappear — it's also changing the type of ice that forms. Researchers are now trying to determine how an increase in 'pancake ice' is affecting the far north, including whether it's accelerating local warming.

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  1. Wilkinson J. et al. Eos Trans. AGU 10, 81-82 (2009).

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Jones, N. Pancake ice takes over the Arctic. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.183

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