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Analysis - Ice Sheets Today
Warm air from Europe's heat wave reached Greenland on July 29 and 30, setting temperature records at Summit Station and melting about 90 percent of the ice sheet surface from July 30 to August 3. Melt runoff was estimated at 55 billion tons during the interval.
Analysis - Sea Ice Today
Loss of ice extent through the first half of July matched loss rates observed in 2012, the year which had the lowest September sea ice extent in the satellite record.
ELOKA Update
Join us in wishing long-time staff members Heidi McCann, Chris McNeave, and Peter Pulsifer the best as they pursue career transitions and opportunities. Heidi departed from ELOKA in May to follow other career pursuits.
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NSIDC research scientist Twila Moon testified today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology.