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Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice
2026.04.03
Patches of open water in the region contributed to low sea ice extent across the Arctic in March 2026, which tied with the lowest maximum observed in the satellite record.
Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season
2026.03.30
A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even bluer.
Arctic Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low, NASA, NSIDC Scientists Find
2026.03.26
For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979.
Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters
2026.03.16
During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system in the Canadian Arctic.
A Most Unusual Lake
2026.03.11
Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.
Winter Grips Japan
2026.02.10
The country's northern regions are accustomed to snow, but unrelenting storms have snarled transportation and caused other challenges this winter.
Cracking Antarctic Sea Ice
2026.02.03
Icebreakers play a critical role in delivering supplies to America's largest research base in Antarctica.
The West Faces Snow Drought
2026.01.29
Very wet—but very warm—weather in the western U.S. has left many mountainous regions looking at substantial snowpack deficits.
Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue
2026.01.08
After a four-decade run, the massive, waterlogged berg is leaking meltwater and on the verge of disintegrating.
Antarctic Sea Ice Saw Its Third-Lowest Maximum
2025.11.17
Sea ice around the southernmost continent hit one of its lowest seasonal highs since the start of the satellite record.
Arctic Sea Ice Ties for 10th-Lowest on Record
2025.09.19
Satellite data show that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 10, 2025.
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low
2025.09.17
With the end of summer approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic shrank to its annual minimum on Sept. 10, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Greenland Ice Sheet Gets a Refresh
2025.09.13
A moderately intense season of surface melting left part of the ice sheet dirty gray in summer 2025, but snowfall has since freshened its appearance.
A Giant Iceberg’s Final Drift
2025.09.11
After a long, turbulent journey, Antarctic Iceberg A-23A is signaling its demise as it floats in the South Atlantic.
Greenland’s Bejeweled Ice Sheet
2025.07.12
In early July 2025, around halfway through the island’s annual melting season, blue meltwater ponds dotted the western side of the massive ice sheet.
Seasonal Breakup in the Amundsen Gulf
2025.06.16
Sea ice in the gulf, the gateway to the Northwest Passage, is fracturing and drifting westward into the Beaufort Sea.
Signs of the Season in Pine Island Bay
2025.04.16
A major embayment in West Antarctica saw new sea ice growth in autumn 2025 amid older sea ice that had survived the austral summer melt season.
Winter Sea Ice Reached New Lows in the Arctic
2025.04.04
The region’s ice extent on March 22, 2025, was the lowest maximum observed in the satellite record.
Antarctic Sea Ice Plunged in Summer 2025
2025.04.02
The region’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record.
NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low
2025.03.27
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Low Ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
2025.03.21
The body of water off eastern Canada is one of the southernmost locations where Arctic sea ice forms, but its extent in winter 2024-2025 was well below normal.
A Year in Review: New Earth Discoveries in 2024
2025.03.18
Each year, the Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis Program combines space, airborne, and ground-based observations with data processing from high-tech computer models and algorithms to uncover new things about the Earth. Explore some of our top discoveries of 2024.
Glacial Losses in the Swiss Alps
2025.03.14
Images bridging four decades show where Switzerland’s largest glacier and its neighbors have been losing ice.
New Antarctic Iceberg Speeds Off
2025.02.24
Iceberg A-84 has spent part of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer zipping along West Antarctica’s coastline.
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