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Greenland’s Ice Is Growing Darker

Melt ponds on the surface, exposed rock, and changes in snow cover are reducing the reflection of sunlight, causing even more melting.


Map by NOAA’s climate.gov team, based on NASA satellite data processed by Jason Box, Byrd Polar Research Center, the Ohio State University. Scanning electron microscope photos courtesy the Electron and Confocal Microscopy Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service. Caption adapted from a story by Rebecca Lindsey, NOAA ClimateWatch.

Published January 10, 2012
Data acquired June 1 - August 31, 2011

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Terra > MODIS