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By Reflecting Sunlight, Greenland Helps Keep the Arctic Cool

This series of globes from June–August 2009 shows how sea ice, snow, and ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere reflect large amounts of incoming sunlight and help keep the Arctic cool in the summer.


NASA Earth Observatory images created by Jesse Allen, using CERES FLASHFlux data provided courtesy of the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy Project at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published October 29, 2009

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Terra > CERES