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61-70 of 1003 results for Arctic Ice

2017 Arctic sea ice minimum comes in at eighth smallest on record

Section: News & Features

Published: September 21, 2017

September 19, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced that Arctic sea ice had probably reached its annual minimum extent. Defined as the area of ocean with at least 15% sea ice concent ...

Ocean plant growth blooms in springtime as Arctic sea ice thins

Section: News & Features

Published: February 7, 2017

use chlorophyll to convert carbon dioxide to sugar and oxygen through photosynthesis. In the Arctic, the rate at which ocean plants convert carbon dioxide to organic material — the region's net primar ...

Melt pond "skylights" enable massive under-ice bloom in Arctic

Section: News & Features

Published: December 5, 2012

suggest that the ice is being discolored by algae and other phytoplankton. According to Arctic oceanographer Karen Frey, the discoloration is consistent with an unusual phenomenon that she encountered ...

2013 Arctic Report Card: Arctic had sixth warmest year on record in 2012

Section: News & Features

Published: December 9, 2013

August several degrees cooler than the 2007-2012 average—the years that saw the six lowest Arctic ice extents on record. The spring and summer temperature patterns influenced sea ice and snow extents ...

Arctic sea ice extent at 2018 winter maximum was second smallest on record

Section: News & Features

Published: March 26, 2018

of which have occurred since 2005.). Following the 2017 summer minimum, on September 13, 2017, Arctic sea ice extent remained well below the 1981-2010 median through fall and early winter. The new yea ...

State of the Climate: 2011 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum

Section: News & Features

Published: July 10, 2012

Reference . Perovich, D. K., W. Meier, J. Maslanik, and J. Richter-Menge, 2012: [The Arctic] Sea ice cover [in "State of the Climate in 2011"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93 (7), S140-S142. ...

Sea ice update: 2014 Arctic winter maximum, Antarctic summer minimum

Section: News & Features

Published: April 3, 2014

scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced the ultimate sign of spring: Arctic sea ice reached its winter peak on March 21, 2014, and the annual melt season is underway. This wint ...

2021 Arctic Report Card: Greenland ice loss below average in 2021 despite late-season melt spike

Section: News & Features

Published: December 14, 2021

to Arctic Report Card: Update for 2021, the Greenland Ice Sheet lost a total of 85±16 billion metric tons of ice mass between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021, based on observations from the GRAC ...

After the Ice - Part 2: Our Land

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: December 2, 2024

It would fit well as an introduction to the effects of climate change and sea ice loss in Arctic communities. Teachers will need to augment the video with supporting information and activities for dee ...

2017 Arctic Report Card: Sea ice melting unprecedented in at least 1,500 years

Section: News & Features

Published: December 12, 2017

and decreases in ice extent that have occurred in recent times. This time series shows the Arctic sea ice extent in millions of square kilometers over the past roughly 1,500 years. Scientists use clim ...