Arctic Sea Ice - Circa 2016

Arctic Sea Ice from March to August 2016 | NASA Goddard

In this animation, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from the prior sea ice maximum March 24, 2016, through Aug. 13, 2016. The Arctic sea ice cover likely won’t reach its yearly minimum extent until mid-to-late September.

2016 - The hottest year on record thus far.

Addendum: All is not well in the northlands.

This is because across today's Alaska, temperature records are falling as fast as bird populations are plummeting.

July was the warmest month ever recorded in the state's largest city, Anchorage. Temperatures from the southeastern portion of the state all the way up to the town of Deadhorse on the Arctic Ocean broke records; the airport at Deadhorse hit a stunning 85 degrees.

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