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Warm Water and Strange Weather May Be Connected
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Published April 18, 2015
Temperature anomalies in the eastern Pacific Ocean are both influencing and being influenced by unusual weather patterns. The effects are rippling through the marine environment.
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Annual Peak of Arctic Sea Ice is Far Below the Norm
Published March 21, 2015
The sea ice cap atop the Arctic Ocean reached its annual maximum extent on February 25, 2015. It was the smallest maximum extent in the satellite record and one of the earliest.
A Tale of Two Poles
Published September 24, 2014
The 2014 arctic sea ice minimum is the sixth lowest on record, while antarctic sea ice continues to exceed the record maximum extent.
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Taking the Temperature of the Hurricane Pool
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Published June 4, 2014
Satellite measurements of sea surface temperatures provide clues to the potential for tropical cyclone development.
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Arctic Sea Ice Maximum 2014
Published April 10, 2014
Ice cover in the Sea of Okhotsk and Barents Sea are below normal, while other areas are closer to the average. But the overall trend of shrinking sea ice continues.
Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Maximum Extent
Published October 1, 2013
This map shows sea ice extent around Antarctica on September 22, 2013, when ice covered more of the Southern Ocean than at any other time in the satellite record.
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