All of the following statements about polar ice are true,EXCEPT
A) sea ice is breaking up in the spring nearly 3 weeks earlier than it did in the 1970s.
B) in the last 30 years, the Arctic has lost more than 1 million acres of sea ice.
C) polar regions are warming faster than other areas of the world.
D) melting sea ice will raise ocean levels, but melting glaciers will not.
E) Arctic temperatures are predicted to rise by 4° to 7°C over the next 100 years.
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