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2020 was the hottest summer on record in the Northern Hemisphere.

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English: 2020 was the hottest summer on record in the Northern Hemisphere. According to the Laboratory of Climatology and Topoclimatology of the Liege University, between June and August 2020, the ice caps of Franz Josef Land and the Russian High Arctic Islands have melted seven times more than in a “normal” summer, breaking all previous surface melt records. This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 31 August, shows the status of the ice cap of Ushakov Island (Russian High Arctic Islands) at the end of the summer of 2020. The image allows to observe that the recent snow/ice cover (white area) persists only in the summit area of the island, while the oldest layers of the ice cap (blue areas) were exposed to the sunlight. The Copernicus Sentinel satellites are particularly useful for monitoring the impact of climate change in the Arctic region.
Date 16 September 2020 (upload date)
Source Icecap melting in Russian Arctic Islands
Author European Union , Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery

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