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Disappearing arctic lakes linked to global warming  view story
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
CHRIS TALBOTT - - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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The thousands of lakes dotting the arctic landscape for millennia have offered fresh water, a source of food and a home to the many different inhabitants of the Far North.
Now, those same lakes are offering evidence of global warming on a large scale. Scientists charting their rise and fall with satellite data have seen lakes dry up and disappear in less than 50 years, something that should take centuries.
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