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  "id": 10887039,
  "title": "Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats, research shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/polar-oceans-transformed-as-warming-melts-ice-habitats-research-shows",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T06:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/30/climate-change/polar-oceans-warming-ice-habitats/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As temperatures rise, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by nearly half a million square kilometers per decade since 1979.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}