The Arctic is Getting Rainier

The Arctic and North Atlantic oceans have seen an increasing number of days when precipitation falls as rain, not snow.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using data from Boisvert, L., et al. (2023). Story by Julia Tilton/NASA’s Earth Science News Team.

Published March 19, 2024
Data acquired 1980 - 2016

Sources:

Aqua > AIRS

In situ Measurement

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