Scientists say climate change and human activity have increasingly led to the melting of massive pieces of Antarctic ice.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

When melting snow crystals or raindrops fall through very cold air, they freeze to form small particles of ice,called sleet.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

When melting snow-crystals or raindrops fall through very cold air, they freeze to form small particles of ice, called sleet.

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Signs of climate change include an increase in rain when there used to be only snow, new plant life,and melting ice sheets.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

For example, he says glaciers are melting in Alaska as a result of higher temperatures.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

The ice was melting. That day,more than seven thousand boats began the trip to Dawson.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

The melting ice resulting from climate change would affect coastal areas around the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

The painting shows melting clocks,insects, and a dead tree in an empty landscape.

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Parts of Antarctica are also believed to be melting because of climate change.

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The newer ice,experts say, is less resistant to melting during the summer months.

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The melting will also cause oceans and seas around the world to rise.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

He said the melting snow is making the climb much more dangerous.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

Melting snow provides water for rivers,electric power centers and agricultural crops.

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The melting has already threatened native animals like the polar bear.

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Then the ice started melting and moved north again.

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Arctic melting could also affect Earth's climate.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Last year,several scientists had expressed doubt about the possibility of the large Himalayan glaciers melting in a few decades.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

Explorer Pen Hadow led a two-and-a-half-month trek earlier this year that revealed Arctic ice is melting faster than previously thought.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

He says this piece of work is more about the melting ice of the Arctic than polar bears.

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Mountainous countries like Nepal and Bhutan, which are at risk from melting glaciers, and low lying nations like Bangladesh were also represented.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Minn Myint Nan Tin, with the Burmese Advocacy Center,or BAC, says keeping this melting pot from boiling over is a delicate balancing act.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22