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Artic ice may disappear in a decade A new report on global warming predicts the frozen Arctic Ocean will soon be like a normal sea in the summer. There are shocking changes happening in the polar environment and its fragile eco-systems. For millions of years, the sea around the North Pole has been frozen all year long. Recent research from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows things are changing fast. They predict that within a decade, the Arctic will be largely ice-free in the summer. They base their prediction on the rate that the sea ice is currently reducing. The lead researcher of the project said that the area is now more likely to become open water each summer, bringing the potential date when sea ice will be completely gone in the summer. Forecasters predict an increase in all kinds of disasters and extreme weather events; these include massive flooding, much more dangerous hurricanes and the spread of the world’s deserts. These new findings provide an urgent call for world leaders to act. Rich countries will face pressure to agree to reduce their carbon emissions by 40 % by 2020.