In the Arctic Ocean, researchers find big waves where there once was ice

In the Arctic Ocean, researchers find big waves where there once was ice
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For the first time, researchers were able to measure waves in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea due to melting ice caused by global warming.

"Waves could accelerate the ice retreat," Jim Thomson of the University of Washington told The Washington Post. "We don't have much direct evidence of this, or knowledge of the relative importance compared with melting, but the process is real. We are conducting a large project this summer to answer just that question."

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.