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PC stands for Polar Cooling

The Times reports Icecaps around the North and South Poles are melting faster and in a more widespread way than expected, raising sea levels and worsening climate change, according to a scientific survey.
The International Polar Year survey found that warming in the Antarctic was “much more widespread than was thought”, while Arctic sea ice was diminishing and the melting of Greenland’s ice cover was accelerating.
Preliminary findings from the two-year survey by 10,000 scientists...

Catherine Bréchignac, President of ICSU, adds “thanks to the tireless efforts, enthusiasm, and imagination of thousands of scientists, working with teachers, artists, and many other collaborators.”

I'm not sure how the imagination of teachers and artists help with scientific research but than I'm also not sure how "the catalyst for the development and strengthening of community monitoring networks across the North" is also relevant....

The report is available here in a variety of languages including English and Inuktitut, but it seems to be just a glossy fund raising pack. I'm sure there is a link somewhere to the raw data but I can't find it.

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