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🧊 Polar Ice-Albedo Feedback (2D)

2D top-down polar ice-albedo feedback simulation. Adjust global temperature and watch sea-ice extent grow or collapse as ice reflectivity and open-ocean heat absorption reinforce each other.

Deep Ocean & Underwater World2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted💧 Water ❄️ Ice & Cold ⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

A top-down 2D map of Arctic sea ice where each grid cell tracks its own ice fraction and temperature under a real energy-balance model: ice reflects far more sunlight than open ocean, so melting exposes darker water that absorbs more heat and melts further ice. Drag the global temperature slider to watch this ice-albedo feedback loop push ice extent toward growth or runaway collapse.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install