Island Tour w/ Airplane Tracks
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Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Greenland: Top-down view of Island tour with airplane tracks
Top-down view of Greenland Island tour.This animation shows the ice concentration in Greenland. The ice has decreased significantly (~50 cm/year) along the coast and increased slightly in the center (+2 cm/year). Researchers view this as yet another serious warning sign of the threat of global warming.
scientist provided color scale image with air track pattern of data collection