Arctic sea ice thickness in the 1950s and as predicted for 2050s.

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Between 2011 and 2014, Greenland lost around one trillion tonnes of ice. This corresponds to a 0.75 mm contribution to global sea-level rise each year – about twice the average of the preceding two decades. These results from the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) at the University of Leeds combine data from the CryoSat mission with a regional climate model to map changes in Greenland ice-sheet mass.

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Sea ice age in March 1988, 2011, 2012 and 2013, determined using satellite observations and drifting buoy records to track the movement of ice floes

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NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory climate model simulation shows a dramatic decrease in late summer Arctic sea ice concentrations by 2085

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Ice freeboard (in meters) estimates from Cryosat-2 in March 2011, 2012 and 2013. Freeboard is used as a proxy for ice thickness.

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Artist’s impression of the CryoSat satellite in orbit.

The launch of the CryoSat spacecraft was unfortunately aborted on 8 October 2005 due to a malfunction of its Rockot launcher, which resulted in the total loss of the spacecraft.

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Artist’s impression of CryoSat in orbit

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Arctic sea ice concentration on 25 December 2015

Arctic sea ice concentration on 25 June 2014

Autumn Arctic sea-ice thickness as measured by CryoSat between 2010 and 2014.

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