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Forty years of satellite data show that 2020 was just the latest in a decades-long decline of Arctic sea ice.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center courtesy of Julienne Stroeve/Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM). Story by Kathryn Hansen.
Published January 6, 2021 Data acquired 1979 - 2019