As NASA scientists, we analyze the causes and consequences of sea ice change.In 2021, the Arctic's sea ice cover reached its minimum extent on Sept. 16.While it wasn't a record low, a look back ...

Aside from sea ice, the Arctic also has a land-based ice sheet located in Greenland. It has lost roughly 275 billion metric tons of ice per year since 2002, according to NASA. Meier confirmed 2021 ...

A Facebook post links to an article with a graph that purportedly shows Arctic sea ice extent data for mid-April through mid-May in 2007, 2018, 2021 and 2023. The graph indicates the Arctic sea ...

Scientists with the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in the U.S. state of Colorado said Wednesday that, as summer was ending in the Northern Hemisphere, Arctic sea ice had shrunk less in ...

The region, which could provide a last refuge for polar bears and other Arctic wildlife that depends on ice, ... Published July 1, 2021 Updated Sept. 22, 2021. Leer en español.

The wintertime extent of sea ice for 2021 reached its maximum on March 21 after growing during the fall and winter. And space observations show that things are not looking good. The extent is the ...

While successful trading partnerships might bode well for the European Union and global markets, the number of ships in the Arctic is proving taxing for the environment. According to a late-May report ...

The Arctic is warming four times faster than any other place on the planet. As sea ice melts, new shipping routes between continents are opening up, and the yearly window for navigating through ...

By contrast, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in its “Climate Change 2021” report that “the Arctic is projected to be practically ice-free near mid-century under ...

The study’s findings contrast with the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2021 state-of-the-science report, which found the Arctic would be “be practically ice-free near mid ...