Arctic Ocean Awakening as Ice Melts

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Arctic Ocean Awakening as Ice Melts
By Larry O'Hanlon
Tue Jan 5, 2010 04:26 AM ET
Discovery News

Earth's sleepiest ocean is waking, say researchers.

The Arctic Ocean's ice-capped depths have been quiet for millennia, thanks to winds being largely unable to ruffle the surface and stir things up.

The rapid loss of summer ice cover is changing all that, however, creating internal waves in the Arctic waters that could dramatically change life there -- and perhaps even accelerate the sea ice loss.

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