 | AnimationArctic Sea Ice Reaches 3rd Lowest Minimum Extent
On Sept 12, 2009, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic reached the third lowest level ever recorded since satellite records began in 1979. The National Snow and Ice Data Center estimates that the overall extent dropped to 5.1 million square kilometers, well below the average minimum extent of 6.71 millio (more...) |  | Image2009 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum
The Arctic experiences is lowest amount of ice cover each year typically around September 15th. Shown here is the current sea ice extent as measured by the NOAA's GOES, POES, and DMSP satellites. Though not expected to be a severe as the last two years, Arctic sea ice extent, concentration, and thickne (more...) |  | ImageHurricane Katrina
This GOES-12 1 km visible satellite image was taken on August 28, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina was at its maximum intensity of Category 5. |  | ImageThe 2003 Blackout (August 13)
The Northeast Blackout of August 14, 2003 caused widespread loses of electrical power to the Northeastern and Mid-Western United States, and parts of Ontario, affecting over 40 million people. This image from the U.S. Air Force DMSP satellite shows the night time lights of the region on August 13, 2003. (more...) |  | AnimationThe Dead Zone
Hypoxic zones are areas in the ocean of such low oxygen concentration that animal life suffocates and dies, and as a result are sometimes called "dead zones." One of the largest dead zones forms in the Gulf of Mexico every spring. This data visualization discusses the causes of hypoxia in the Gulf of M (more...) | | Next > |
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