Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Pockets of warm water from the Pacific Ocean are entering the Arctic Ocean, accelerating the melt of sea ice. An international team of researchers led by Scripps Oceanography made unprecedented measurements of the physical and biological changes this incursion has brought about.

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