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The Arctic is Getting Rainier

The Arctic and North Atlantic oceans have seen an increasing number of days when precipitation falls as rain, not snow.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using data from Boisvert, L., et al. (2023). Story by Julia Tilton/NASA’s Earth Science News Team.

Published March 19, 2024
Data acquired 1980 - 2016

Sources:
Aqua > AIRS
In situ Measurement
Model