Arctic Sea Ice Extent: July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024: The Arctic sea ice has continued to decrease this week at a greater rate of 9.17% (as opposed to last week’s decrease rate of 6.88%), from the level on 07/04/2024 of 9.402 M km2 to 8.540 M km2 for this week. The negative sea ice ...
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Pyrocumulus visible from Fairbanks
The 2024 fire season is underway with numerous active fires in the Interior and western Alaska. Smoke has been affecting air quality in the Fairbanks area in recent weeks and some fires are visible from the UAF Campus. Our panorama camera captured the formation of a flammagenitus cloud, also known as a pyrocumulus, in the ...
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