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 ...

More than 100 scientists authored the Arctic Report Card, published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and examined changes in snow cover, sea ice volume, tundra ...

Arctic sea ice has reached its annual minimum for 2021, clocking in at the 12th lowest on record, according to provisional data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC).. While this is ...

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 ...

Average Arctic sea ice extent over the summer minimum for each decade of the satellite era (dotted lines) and for 2020 (red line). Individual years also shown. Chart by Dr Zack Labe using data from ...

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 ...

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 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 ...