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... Changes in surface wind patterns around the continent have contributed to the Antarctic pattern of sea ice change while ocean factors such as the addition of cool fresh water from melting ice shelves may also have played a role. The wind changes include a recent strengthening of westerly winds, which reduces the amount of warm air from low latitudes penetrating into the southern high latitudes and alters the way in which ice moves away from the continent.
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  • arctic sea
  • ice cover
  • greenhouse gas

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  • ocean surface
  • past sea
  • ice decreases
  • melting ice
  • ice shelves

  • underlying ocean
  • ocean factors
  • recent strengthening
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