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Arctic Changes
Visualizations of recent changes in Arctic sea ice and on Greenland and Alaska.
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Skating on Thin Arctic Ice: Fall
Submarine and satellite data since 1980 show steady shrinking.
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Skating on Thin Arctic Ice: Winter
Submarine and satellite data since 1980 show steady shrinking.
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All the Ice on Greenland
Greenland holds enough ice to raise global sea level 23 feet – or to fill the Lower 48 states 2,940 feet high, like a bathtub.
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Greenland and San Francisco Bay
Greenland has been shedding billions of tons of ice – in 2007, the melted equivalent of draining San Francisco Bay every 10 days.
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Greenland Annual Ice Loss 2004-07
Greenland’s estimated ice loss each year from 2004 through 2007.
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Greenland Total Ice Loss 2004-07
Greenland has been losing large amounts of ice into the sea – enough to collect into rafts the size of states.
