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Arctic Sea Ice

Sea ice naturally grows and melts each year, but the process has been more extreme in recent years.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published May 3, 2011
Data acquired March 1 - 31, 2011

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