Arctic sea ice trends
Sea Ice Today | National Snow and Ice Data Center
In the Arctic, the annual minimum sea ice extent occurs in September and the annual sea ice maximum extent occurs in March. In the Antarctic, the minimum extent ...
Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent | Vital Signs - Climate Change - NASA
Arctic sea ice is now shrinking at a rate of 12.2% per decade, compared to its average extent during the period from 1981 to 2010.
Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set
On September 11, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles).
Climate Change: Arctic sea ice summer minimum
The amount of sea ice that survives the Arctic summer has declined by 13 percent per decade since the start of the 43-year satellite record.
Current State of Sea Ice Cover - NASA Earth Sciences
Sea ice extent is the integral sum of the areas of all grid cells with at least 15% ice concentration, while sea ice area is the integral sum of the product of ...
Climate Change Indicators: Arctic Sea Ice | US EPA
A loss of older ice suggests that the Arctic ice cover is becoming thinner. Evidence also suggests that the melt season has become longer; the ...
Arctic sea ice decline - Wikipedia
Sea ice in the Arctic region has declined in recent decades in area and volume due to climate change. It has been melting more in summer than it refreezes ...
In the Arctic, sea ice extent has declined markedly since 1979, although the trend has levelled off since 2007. The decline has occurred in ...
Sea Ice Index Daily and Monthly Image Viewer
The monthly Sea Ice Index provides a quick look at Arctic-wide changes in sea ice. It is a source for consistently processed ice extent and concentration ...
The new abnormal | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Average Arctic sea ice extent for the month of September was 4.38 million square kilometers (1.69 million square miles), sixth lowest in the 46-year-satellite ...
Climate change sceptics use misleading Arctic ice data to make case
A headline touting a small increase in Arctic sea ice on a single date after a decades-long decline is being shared online to suggest that ...
Sea Ice Extent (Arctic only) - 1850 - Present - Science On a Sphere
Description ... Arctic sea ice extent is declining at a rapid rate; the extent in September, 2019 was about 30% lower than the average September ...
The race to the bottom | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Arctic sea ice extent as of August 31 was 4.55 million square kilometers (1.76 million square miles), fourth lowest in the 46-year passive ...
Arctic sea ice trends, variability and implications for seasonal ice ...
September Arctic sea ice extent over the period of satellite observations has a strong downward trend, accompanied by pronounced interannual variability ...
Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph
Developed at NSIDC with support from NASA, the Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph enables users to more easily access and explore the National Oceanic and ...
PIOMAS Arctic Sea Ice Volume Reanalysis - Polar Science Center
The long term trend is reduced to about -2.8 103 km3/decade from -3.6 km3 103/decade in the last version. Our comparisons with data and alternate model runs ...
Sea Ice Thickness and Volume: Polar Portal
The ice cover in the Arctic grows throughout the winter, before peaking in March. Melting picks up pace during the spring as the sun gets stronger, and in ...
Arctic Sea Ice Trends and Extremes
GFDL Research. Sorting out the relative roles of natural variability and anthropogenic forcing on the ice decline is a major area of GFDL research. Our findings ...
Arctic Sea Ice report: 2024 hits 3rd highest extent in last ten years
The Arctic sea ice extent when the last winter month started equals 14.141 million square kilometers, according to the US National Snow & Ice Data Center ( ...
Arctic sea ice extent - Our World in Data
The minimum and maximum sea ice extent typically occur in September and February each year.