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Charged with studying the man-made effects of climate change. one of the nasa programs is called operation ice bridge, which tracks how climate change is affecting the earth's all-important polar regions. msnbc's jacob soboroff went to greenland to see how nasa collects this crucial information. >> reporter: the arctic sea ice has been changing dramatically in the last several decades. looking at the data in a scientific sense, i've seen changes in the thickness, in the extent of the ice. and all that's pointing to thinning ice, shrinking ice cover. >> and that leads to climate change? >> yes....

Climate. >> without a doubt, this is the coldest moment i've ever experienced in my entire life. how is this ground zero for climate change? >> snow, ice, it doesn't seem very complex. but when you get into the -- how all these things come together and form our sea ice pack and how that is changing, all that is pointing to thinning ice, shrinking ice cover. >> and that leads to climate change? >> yes. >> reporter: this year, the arctic experienced its warmest levels ever record and the second lowest sea ice levels. collect thing data is central to nasa's mission. >> and that data you get from ...

Bears today than thi there were0 years ago. instead of dying off because of thinning ice, they're exploding because they can't be hunted. the town he lives in, polar bears walk down main street. there are so many when residentses see them, instead of calling 911, they call 877 bear and a truck load of authorities come out with fire crackers and shoo the bears back into the wilderness. the towns have a polar bear jail where the animals stay until the bay freezes over. on halloween kids can't wear white left they get mistaken for a baby polar bear. unger says he's not weighing in on global warmi...

Indiana. northern parts of ohio from cleveland, toledo, kalamazoo, michigan. here's the last batch of snow rolling through parts of southern jersey. that's the pulse that got most of philadelphia, also the pulse that got d.c. going from, well, into the 50s yesterday, to the 30s now. and with a little bit of light snow this morning. all right, winds in new york are going to blow today. atlanta, seattle, same deal, different situation. chicago and philadelphia, you also see some light snow and that little bit of breezy conditions with this system and some rain across parts of houston if you're t...