Arctic Changes: The Big Picture
Program Summary
Over recent decades, the Arctic has been the fastest-warming region on the planet. This video tells the story of how it has been changing, as seen from satellites above, and submarines below, touring through years of hard research — in three minutes. Some of the key findings: sea ice is thinning even faster than it is shrinking in area, and Greenland has been shedding ice at an accelerating pace — with consequences for sea level.
The video draws upon most of the graphics and animations in Climate Central's Arctic Changes Gallery Collection, where you can learn about the satellites, scientists and research behind each piece of the story in more detail:
- Arctic Sea Ice by the Decade
- Skating on Thin Arctic Ice: Fall
- Arctic Sea Ice Thinning: Winter
- Like Ice Melting in a Glass
- Arctic Sea Ice: Heat Shield
- Greenland Total Ice Loss 2004-07
- Accelerated Ice Loss from Greenland
- Alaska's Ice Drain 2004-07
The video also uses several excellent infographics from NASA:
- Arctic sea ice retreat 1979-2008
- Arctic sea ice summer retreat 2008
- Arctic autumn temperature changes across 28 years
- Map of ice mass changes on Greenland
Image Sources: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, US Navy, Shutterstock, Revostock
