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Late Season Melting in Greenland

Some scientists think the widespread late-season melting could have implications for the ice sheet’s near future.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC and data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Science review by Christopher Shuman (NASA GSFC/UMBC JCET). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published September 9, 2022
Data acquired September 5, 2022

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DMSP > SSMIS
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