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A new study shows just how quickly the world's cryosphere is shrinking
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A new study shows just how quickly the world's cryosphere is shrinking

The world's frozen areas lost an average of about 87,000 square kilometers (33,000 square miles) a year from 1979 to 2016, and the period of annual freeze has shrunk by more than a week over the nearly four-decade period.

John Kerry: China’s chance to save Antarctic sea life
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John Kerry: China’s chance to save Antarctic sea life

Twenty-four countries and the E.U. have agreed to create three marine parks, which would ban fishing and other industrial activity. But to become a reality, China must also agree.
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