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31-40 of 1003 results for Arctic Ice

Arctic sea ice: 2012 record low was 18% smaller than previous record, nearly 50 percent below average

Section: News & Features

Published: December 5, 2012

the size of the Lower 48 United States. That ice was melting was not news; after all, the Arctic ice pack undergoes an annual cycle of winter expansion and summer melting. The "news" was that the exte ...

Arctic sea ice continues decline, reaches second-lowest level

Section: News & Features

Published: October 2, 2011

showed that ice extent matched or even fell below the record-setting low extent in 2007. The Arctic ice cap grows each winter as the sun sets for several months and shrinks each summer as the sun rise ...

2024 Antarctic sea ice winter maximum second lowest on record

Section: News & Features

Published: October 8, 2024

into this new territory, however, is unclear. Antarctic sea ice has been more volatile than Arctic sea ice. Up until the mid-2010s, the trend over the satellite record was a small overall increase, th ...

2020 Arctic sea ice minimum second lowest on record

Section: News & Features

Published: September 21, 2020

of summer warmth could still drop the extent further—continued an observed trend of long-term Arctic sea ice decline. NSIDC defines extent as the area where ice concentration is at least 15 percent. T ...

Arctic Sea Ice Getting Thinner, Younger

Section: News & Features

Published: October 12, 2012

to a new all-time record low: 1.32 million square miles (3.41 million square kilometers.). Arctic sea ice extent averaged for September 2012 was the lowest in the satellite record, according to the mo ...

2018 Arctic sea ice minimum continues longer trend

Section: News & Features

Published: September 27, 2018

Arctic sea ice has probably reached its annual minimum for 2018, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Sea ice extent dipped to 1.77 million square miles (4.59 million square kil ...

Understanding climate: Antarctic sea ice extent

Section: News & Features

Published: March 14, 2023

The timing of the seasonal cycles isn't the only way that Antarctic sea ice differs from the Arctic. One key difference is the larger range between austral winter maximum extent and summer minimum ext ...

After the Ice - Part 1: Our Food

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: December 2, 2024

that incorporates all the videos to introduce the effects of climate change and sea ice loss in Arctic communities in science and/or social studies courses. Teachers will need to augment the video wit ...

Old sea ice continues disappearing from the Arctic Ocean

Section: News & Features

Published: May 9, 2018

pack. In the ninth week of 2018, multiyear ice comprised 34 percent of the sea ice pack. In its Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis blog, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported that only ...

Arctic Sea Ice Breaks 2007 Record Low

Section: News & Features

Published: August 27, 2012

of August 26, Arctic sea ice appears to have broken the 2007 record for smallest daily extent of the satellite era. Arctic sea ice extent fell to 1.58 million square miles on August 26, 2012. This was ...