Also,a valuable record of thousands of years of weather history will also be lost if the ice melts.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Yet some sea ice in the Arctic melts each year during summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

Old crust is destroyed as it rolls down into the hot area and melts again.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The new ice is thinner and melts faster than the older ice.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

But when the ice melts, the sun warms ocean waters.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

That might leave Afghanistan with what many would view as an illegitimate government until the snow melts in April.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16