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21-30 of 1003 results for Arctic Ice

Arctic Oceans, Sea Ice, and Coasts

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: October 12, 2016

the Northern Hemisphere's summer, reaching its minimum extent for the year every September. Arctic ice cover plays an important role in maintaining Earth's temperature—the shiny white ice reflects lig ...

Unexceptional Arctic sea ice maximum in 2020

Section: News & Features

Published: March 24, 2020

Arctic sea ice extent—the area where ice concentration is at least 15 percent—reached its apparent annual maximum on March 5, 2020. On March 24, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported ...

Whither Arctic Sea Ice?

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

educators and students. The activity provides a hands-on case study that illustrates changes in Arctic sea ice cover and its relationship to surface temperature data. The activity is well motivated, c ...

A New Climate State: Arctic Sea Ice 2012

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

and illustrate the scientific concepts clearly. Video contains sea ice extent visualization, Arctic storm track visualization, graph of sea ice volume, and Arctic maps. These aspects can be used to pr ...

2021 Arctic Report Card: Winter sea ice pack likely thinnest on record

Section: News & Features

Published: December 13, 2021

After combining data from both satellite products over the previous three years, authors of the Arctic Report Card: Update for 2021 found that the 2020-2021 winter likely had the thinnest sea ice on r ...

Arctic sea ice minimum at sixth lowest extent on record in 2023

Section: News & Features

Published: September 25, 2023

Arctic sea ice minimum at sixth lowest extent on record in 2023 . Overview of conditions. On September 19, sea ice reached its annual minimum extent of 4.23 million square kilometers (1.63 million sq ...

Sea ice withers while phytoplankton blooms in the Arctic

Section: News & Features

Published: December 4, 2020

has increased as summer sea ice has declined over the past two decades. Adapted from the 2020 Arctic Report Card, these maps show the connection between chlorophyll concentrations and sea ice concentr ...

Arctic Sea Ice Shrinking Rapidly

Section: News & Features

Published: July 2, 2010

and in turn, the melt season began almost a month later than usual. The graph above displays Arctic sea ice extent from March 1 through July 5, 2010, and compares the current trend to the average exte ...

2019 Arctic Report Card: Visual highlights

Section: News & Features

Published: December 10, 2019

season on Greenland Ice Sheet rivals record for area and duration. Less than 1 percent of Arctic ice has survived four or more summers. As sea ice disappears, Arctic seas are experiencing extreme summ ...

Changing Planet: Fresh Water in the Arctic

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: December 2, 2024

from expert scientist: The video presents a very nice summary of fresh water changes in the Arctic and their impacts. It is very clear and the language is at a level that students of at middle school ...