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Arctic Sea Ice Maximum at Record Low for Third Straight Year

By Natasha Vizcarra | National Snow and Ice Center on Mar 22, 2017   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Arctic Sea Ice Maximum at Record Low for Third Straight Year

BOULDER, Colo., March 22, 2017—Arctic sea ice was at a record low maximum extent for the third straight year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA. On March 7, sea ice extent over the Arctic Ocean reached 14.42 million square kilometers (5.57 million square miles), then gradually began […]

Sea Ice Hits Record Lows

By Natasha Vizcarra | National Snow and Ice Center on Dec 6, 2016   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Sea Ice Hits Record Lows

  Boulder, Colo.–Unusually high air temperatures and a warm ocean have led to a record low Arctic sea ice extent for November, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). In the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctic sea ice extent also hit a record low for the month, caused by moderately warm temperatures […]

Arctic Sea Ice Settles at 2nd Lowest Minimum and 5th Lowest September

By Natasha Vizcarra | National Snow and Ice Center on Oct 6, 2016   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Arctic Sea Ice Settles at 2nd Lowest Minimum and 5th Lowest September

  BOULDER, Colo.—At the end of its melt season Arctic sea ice extent stood at second lowest in the daily average and fifth lowest in the monthly average, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder. Sea ice extent retreated to 4.14 million square kilometers (1.60 […]

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Settles at Fourth Lowest in the Satellite Record

By Natasha Vizcarra | National Snow and Ice Center on Oct 6, 2015   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Settles at Fourth Lowest in the Satellite Record

BOULDER, Colo., October 6, 2015—At the end of its melt season, the Arctic’s ice cover fell to the fourth lowest extent in the satellite record, both in the daily and monthly average, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Sea ice extent hit 4.41 million square kilometers (1.70 million square miles) […]

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