Sea Ice 2008
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- Visualizations by:
- Susan Twardy
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Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record set in 2007 may not have been an anomaly. If recent trends in the melt rate continue, we could see a virtually ice-free Arctic each summer much sooner than previously thought.
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Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Visualizations by the Scientific Visualization Studio Photo Credit Robert Massim and Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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Animator
- Susan Twardy (HTSI) [Lead]
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Writer
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Video editors
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
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Scientist
- Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Narrator
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Series
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Aqua (Collected with the AMSR-E sensor)
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