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Researchers setting up observatories to examine changes under the Arctic ice
04-16-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are venturing this month to the North Pole to deploy instruments that will make year-round observations of the water beneath the Arctic ice cap. Scientists will investigate how the waters in the upper layers of the Arctic Ocean -- which insulate surface ice from warmer, deeper waters -- are changing from season to season and year to year as global climate fluctuates.
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