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NASA’s Terra satellite captured a breathtaking image of the Amundsen Gulf, where the seasonal breakup of sea ice is taking ...
The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?
This data set reports monthly, gridded winter sea ice thickness across the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice thickness is estimated using ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard (ATL10), Version 4 data and NASA ...
Glaciers melting rapidly, fields of moss expanding, water streaming off ice shelves once frozen solid: these are just a few ...
Abstract: Satellite remote sensing provides new insight into the large-scale changes within the Arctic sea ice cover. In this study, satellite-derived sea ice parameters (thickness and age) were ...
May sea ice extent in the Arctic averaged 12.56 million square kilometers (4.85 million square miles), tying with 2004 for seventh lowest on the 47-year satellite record. Antarctic sea ice extent for ...
One such IJsmeester wondered if you could do the same on the Arctic Ocean to preserve sea ice through until winter, and Arctic Reflections was born. Fonger Ypma, the nonprofit’s chief executive ...
In this study, we use the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Earth System Model to investigate the contribution of sea ice and land snow to the climate sensitivity in response to ...
Ahead of the ship’s Carnival Journeys to Greenland and Canada, Carnival Cruise Line warned guests aboard the Carnival Pride about sea ice conditions in the North Atlantic. After sailing from Baltimore ...
Melting sea ice is a global issue with far-reaching consequences. As the Arctic and Antarctic are losing ice faster than expected, experts are noticing damaging ripple effects. Sea ice forms on the ...
"Looking at single days from two years does not give useful information about trends or the response of sea ice to warming," Meier said May 14. Cherry-picked data The NSIDC says on its website ...