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Arctic ice cap was regrowing toward a new ice age until 1960s warming, study finds

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The last remnant of the ice sheet that once covered most of North America began growing again about 2,000 years ago, the start of a new glacial period. A study in Science found the Barnes Ice Cap on Baffin Island expanded until around 1960, when rising summer temperatures reversed the growth.

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