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Oldest Arctic Sea Ice is Disappearing

Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.


Image by the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio based on data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Caption based on a story by Maria-José Viñas, NASA Earth Science News Team.

Published March 1, 2012
Data acquired November 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012

Source:
DMSP > SSM/I