Satellite images show Svalbard’s Arctic ice’s frightening retreat
These images show the extent to which Norway’s Svalbard archipelago’s ice caps experienced extreme melting during the summer of 2024, driven by exceptionally high air temperatures. Located between mainland Norway and the North Pole, Svalbard is one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, with over half its land area covered in ice, accounting for about 6% of the planet’s glaciated areas outside Greenland and Antarctica.
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