Ice Albedo - Global View

  • Released Friday, December 12, 2003
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This is a conceptual animation showing how polar ice reflects light from the sun. As this ice begins to melt, less sunlight gets reflected into space. It is instead absorbed into the oceans and land, raising the overall temperature, and fueling further melting.

This is the high definition version of the Ice Albedo-Global animation MPEG.

This is a high resolution print still that illustrates the least warming condition.

This is a high resolution print still that illustrates the least warming condition.

This is a high resolution print still that illustrates a greater warming condition.

This is a high resolution print still that illustrates a greater warming condition.

This is a high resolution print still that illustrates the greatest warming condition.

This is a high resolution print still that illustrates the greatest warming condition.

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

This page was originally published on Friday, December 12, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 12:23 AM EST.

Missions

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Datasets used in this visualization

  • Blue Marble Land Cover [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]

    ID: 510
    Sensor: MODIS

    Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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