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  "id": 12452308,
  "title": "Unprecedented hole opened up in Antarctic winter sea ice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/unprecedented-hole-opened-up-in-antarctic-winter-sea-ice",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nature",
    "slug": "nature",
    "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03160-6"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03160-6 ‘Rivers in the sky’ helped to keep an expanse of water roughly as big as Portugal ice-free.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "The ozone layer was supposed to be healing. So why is this year's Antarctic ozone hole so big?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/the-ozone-layer-was-supposed-to-be-healing-so-why-is-this-years",
        "published": "2026-10-06T10:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}