Record Melting in Greenland during 2010

The ice-covered island’s melt season lasted 50 days longer than average.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, based on data from Marco Tedesco, City College of New York. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published February 18, 2011
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2010

Source:

DMSP > SSM/I