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Heatwaves are speeding up ice melt in the Arctic

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Forest fires and high temperatures are eating into ice sheets that once stayed frozen in the summer.  

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/02/heatwaves-amplify-near-record-levels-of-ice-melt-in-northern-hemisphere