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Mapping Greenland’s melt

The same arctic weather patterns that have been cooling N. Europe and the Eastern USA have been warming Greenland as is shown in NASA’s image of the day Record Melting in Greenland during 2010: 2010 was an exceptional year for … Continue reading

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Social Implications of Arctic Melting

An article Arctic Meltdown in Foreign Affairs by Scott G. Borgerson discusses the political and economics consequences on a ice-free summer Arctic: The shipping shortcuts of the Northern Sea Route (over Eurasia) and the Northwest Passage (over North America) would … Continue reading

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Ice minima

Arctic sea ice has reached record low coverage in 2007. From NASA EOS: This image shows the Arctic as observed by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite on September 16, 2007. In this image, … Continue reading

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