Sea Ice Maximum/Operation IceBridge Live Shots
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- Visualizations by:
- Cindy Starr and
- Lori Perkins
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- Edited by:
- Rich Melnick
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Walt Meier
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- Produced by:
- Michelle Handleman
- View full credits
Just three months into 2016 and already global temperatures – particularly in the Arctic – are far warmer than normal. Global temperatures for February were the warmest on record for that month.
Nowhere is this warming trend felt more than in the Arctic where the unusual wintertime warmth has contributed to record low wintertime sea ice extent. Arctic sea ice keeps the Polar Regions cold and helps regulate global temperatures. The shrinking of sea ice is a key indicator of our planet’s health. NASA is monitoring the health of the Arctic from space and the ground. In the coming days NASA will launch two missions – Operation Ice Bridge and OMG (Oceans Melting Greenland). These airborne and ground campaigns to the Arctic will take measurements of sea ice and glacier thickness.
Join NASA scientists on
Suggested Questions:
1. What do the latest images show us about this year’s winter in the Arctic?
2. What do the images tell us about the long-term trend?
3. NASA is getting ready to send out teams of scientists to the Arctic in the coming days. What will they be doing?
4. Where can we learn more?
*** To book a window contact***
Michelle Handleman / michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizers
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Editor
- Rich Melnick (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Scientists
- Walt Meier (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Carlos Del Castillo (ARES CORP)
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Producers
- Michelle Handleman (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia (Telophase)