文档介绍:Arctic Scenery
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Increased ice melting in the Arctic is threatening local species such as the polar bear.
September marks the low point each year for melting sea ice in the Arctic, and this year has already broken the mark reached in 2007. By now, Arctic sea ice shrunk by 500,000 square kilometers. Currently sea ice area has been reduced to million square kilometres.
Ice melt risk to Arctic
Unlike those set in the summer Olympics. However, this record is a bad news for the Central Arctic Ocean, where newly open water is likely to attract industrial fishing fleets to region without any rules governing the catch.
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