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River Discharge Alters Arctic Sea Ice

Satellites and scientists capture the Mackenzie River in the act of warming the ocean and breaking up ice in the Beaufort Sea.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS). Caption by Michael Carlowicz and Maria-Jose Vinas.

Published March 6, 2014
Data acquired June 14 - July 5, 2012

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response