Current State of Sea Ice Cover | Earth - NASA
WEB2 days ago · Shown below are up-to-date satellite observations of the sea ice covers of both the Arctic and the Antarctic, along with comparisons with the historical satellite record of more than 4 decades.
Sea Ice Today - National Snow and Ice Data Center
WEBSep 3, 2024 · The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, and as a result, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is decreasing. Sea ice loss has far-reaching effects on the planet because the ice helps regulate Earth’s climate, influences global weather patterns, and affects ocean circulations.
Enhanced Arctic sea ice melting controlled by larger heat
WEBSep 13, 2022 · Arctic sea ice retreat is linked to extrapolar thermal energy import, while the potential impact of pan-Arctic river heat discharge on sea-ice loss has been unresolved.
Arctic Summer Could Be Practically Sea-Ice-Free by the 2030s
WEBJun 6, 2023 · The first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic’s floating sea ice could occur as early as the 2030s, according to a new scientific study — about a decade sooner than...
Arctic Sea Ice Minimum | NASA Global Climate Change
WEBKey Takeaway: Summer Arctic sea ice extent is shrinking by 12.2% per decade due to warmer temperatures. Arctic sea ice reaches its minimum extent (the area in which satellite sensors show individual pixels to be at least 15% covered in ice) each September.
Sea Ice - NOAA Arctic
WEBSea ice drifts around the Arctic Ocean, forced by winds and ocean currents, growing and melting thermodynamically. Ice convergence can also lead to dynamic thickening (i.e., ridging and rafting) while ice divergence during winter exposes open …
Sea Ice - NOAA Arctic
WEBSea ice age is a proxy for ice thickness because multiyear ice thermodynamically grows thicker through successive winter periods. The multiyear ice has shown an interannual oscillation since 2007, reflecting variability in the summer transport and melt of sea ice.
Arctic sea ice hits 2021 minimum - Nature
WEBSep 29, 2021 · Arctic sea ice has passed its minimum extent for this year, shrinking to 4.72 million square kilometres on 16 September, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has reported.
Sea Ice - NOAA Arctic
WEBBy mid-July, the ice had retreated from much of the Alaskan and eastern Siberian coast and Hudson Bay had nearly melted out completely. In August, sea ice retreat was particularly pronounced on the Pacific side, opening up vast areas of …
Climate change: The 'insane' plan to save the Arctic's sea-ice - BBC
WEBThe ultimate goal of the Arctic experiment is to thicken enough sea-ice to slow or even reverse the melting already seen, says Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, whose team at the University of Cambridge's...
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