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Growing Pains: Arctic Sea Ice at Record Lows
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Published December 6, 2016
The seasonal freeze-up in the Arctic Ocean and neighboring seas has been very slow, setting both daily and monthly record lows.
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Mosaic of the Arctic
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Published October 28, 2016
The fragility of our home planet is apparent in this view of the whole Arctic region in September 2012, when sea ice reached its lowest minimum extent ever observed in the satellite record.
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Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record
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Published September 16, 2016
Since satellites began monitoring sea ice in 1979, researchers have observed a decline in the average extent of Arctic sea ice in every month of the year.
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Annual Peak of Arctic Sea Ice is Far Below the Norm
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Published March 21, 2015
The sea ice cap atop the Arctic Ocean reached its annual maximum extent on February 25, 2015. It was the smallest maximum extent in the satellite record and one of the earliest.
Old Night Vision Meets New
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Published December 14, 2012
New images from Suomi NPP are an order of magnitude better than previous satellite views of city lights.
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