GLOBAL -- As we continue to watch temperatures soar, it may come as no surprise that, so far, 2019 stacks up as one of the hottest years on record.
- Ice dwindling in coldest places
- Melting at a faster rate
- New ice isn't sticking around
While the climate in Texas has indeed turned hotter, evidence of our warming planet is much more profound in Earth’s frozen cryosphere, in the coldest places where ice continues to dwindle.
Most recently, the conversation has turned to Greenland’s diminishing ice sheet and the retreat of Arctic ice.
Not only is it melting at a faster rate than before, NASA says newer ice isn’t sticking around as long.
In the above video, NASA scientist Nathan Kurtz talks with our Chief Meteorologist Burton Fitzsimmons about how the space agency monitors the Arctic from the ground, the air, and space to better understand the impact on global weather, including impacts here at home.
“Whether 2019 will set a new record for Arctic ice loss remains to be seen,” says the space agency. “But it is tracking to be one of the top five lowest in the 40-year satellite record.”
For more, check out nasa.gov/Earth