Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low

The minimum sea ice extent in 2015 appears to be the fourth lowest in the satellite record.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) sensor on the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water (GCOM-W1) satellite. Caption by Maria-Jose Vinas, with Adam Voiland.

Published September 16, 2015
Data acquired September 11, 2015

Source:

GCOM-W1 > AMSR-2