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You've heard Al Gore comment that the "Earth has a fever"? It may also have major tooth decay. The 40Mb animation at the left shows the dramatic loss of multiyear sea ice over the past year. Multiyear sea ice is older and generally thicker ice - sea ice that has survived at least one melt season (shown in brighter white).
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Compare side-by-side images of Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent for any two dates in the satellite record (1979-present).
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View the updated high resolution animation of this year's sea ice retreat (01/01/2007 - 09/23/2007). WARNING - This quicktime animation is very large at 200Mb, but it illustrates nicely the temporal evolution of this year's sea ice. Animation: 2007 sea ice minimum animation
Additional years: 2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006
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Peruse an archive of map displays of the atmospheric and radiative climatic conditions leading up to the record setting Northern Hemisphere sea ice minimum of 2007: sea ice autopsy
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Now you can access your favorite Cryosphere Today images from the middle of the pack ice, provided you have a nearby cell tower and/or wifi node. Visit our custom Cryosphere Today mobile web application created specifically for the iPod touch and iPhone handheld devices. |
