Detailed View of Arctic Sea Ice

For many years, scientists have expected that climate change will be more rapid and dramatic at the poles than at lower latitudes, an expectation that has been demonstrated both with climate models and recent observations of snow and ice, surface temperatures, vegetation, and permafrost.

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NASA image by Robert Simmon, based on Landsat-7 data from the Global Land Cover Facility.

Published February 1, 2007
Data acquired June 1, 2001

Source:

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Topic:

Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Floes