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ESA: Arctic Fresh Water Dome Could Spill into the Atlantic
January 23, 2012 | European Space Agency

“ESA satellites show that a large dome of fresh water has been building up in the Arctic Ocean over the last 15 years. A change in wind direction could cause the water to spill into the north Atlantic, cooling Europe.” Quote from the ESA website.


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