Animation of the the 2008 arctic polar cap melt — apparently not quite as extreme as last year’s record-setter, but close. And the rate of melt in August was unprecedented.
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Source: NASA’s Godard Space Flight Center. Spotted via Maryland Weather.
I also like this graph that they did, showing the 2008 minimum against the historical average. They give it to you in map form and as a line graph. I might have improved the contrast in the map so that the outline of the median minimum stands out more, but that’s just me.
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