Brackley's map representing Arctic sea ice shows a September median over many years, similar to the federal government's approach. But for context, he also includes the "true minimum" Arctic sea ...

September sea ice hit a record low in 2012 and is projected to decline further. The change means there is far more ice shown on the 2015 version of the map than on its predecessor.

Arctic sea ice also provides a resting and birthing place for seals and walrus, a hunting and breeding ground for polar bears, and a foraging ground for arctic fox, whales, caribou, and other mammals.

The Arctic’s winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 21, 2025, the sea ice cover measured 14.45 million square kilometres ...

The University of Bremen maps the sea ice using data from a Japanese instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. The data showed a record low coverage on Sept. 8, but that could be undercut in coming ...

The tiny microbes of the Arctic could be in big trouble as the North warms, warns a new study done in the Canadian Arctic, something that has the potential to disrupt the polar food chain in ways ...

For sea ice, I gave it a greenish colour, which helped to distinguish it [from the surrounding environment].”“ [The goal was to] show the North as a land of diversity and colour, rather than a land of ...

Warm Atlantic waters are rapidly reshaping the Siberian Arctic, sparking an era of unprecedented sea ice loss—something that will have ongoing implications for the region’s ecosystem and ...

The Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph for July 15, 2019, shows that the Arctic Sea Ice Extent is now at a record low. 2012 currently stands out, the dashed green line, as the lowest summer ...

Nicolas-Xavier Geilfus: Microplastics may affect how Arctic sea ice forms and melts OPINION: The pristine waters of the Arctic Ocean are under silent threat by microparticles as they drift along ...