{
  "id": 14917999,
  "title": "Winter sea ice loss may be underestimated, ancient clues from a warmer Arctic suggest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/winter-sea-ice-loss-may-be-underestimated-ancient-clues-from-a-warmer",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T09:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-winter-sea-ice-loss-underestimated.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Future Arctic winter sea ice is likely to shrink by around 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) more than previously thought, after researchers used clues from a warm period 6,000 years ago to improve the reliability of climate models.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "The stubby legs of ancient sled dogs helped people traverse the Arctic for the past 9,000 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/the-stubby-legs-of-ancient-sled-dogs-helped-people-traverse-the",
        "published": "2026-10-14T15:01:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}