Scientists believe the Arctic sea ice, or the floating ice cover of the Arctic Ocean, has reached its minimum extent for the year, shrinking to the second lowest extent since record-keeping began ...

The claim: April data shows Arctic sea ice is not declining. An April 30 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a map of the area covered by Arctic sea ice.Areas highlighted in green show ...

Thin ice can be seen between Kotzebue and Deering on Dec 17. (Desiree Hagen, KOTZ) In late March, when sea ice extension in the Arctic should be at its highest, scientists studied satellites ...

Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low. Just 5.53 million square miles of ice had formed as of March 22, the smallest maximum extent since satellite recordkeeping began in the 1970s.

Overall, May 2022 Arctic sea ice extent was the highest May extent in nine years, not 30. It was still the 14th-lowest May on record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center .

Map from NASA Earth Observatory showing the ice extent on the day of its annual maximum. The yellow outline shows the median sea ice extent for February from 1981–2010.

One sign of the transition from summer to fall in the Northern Hemisphere is the annual minimum point in Arctic sea ice extent. Last year tied 2016 and 2007 for second place behind 2012’s record ...

While we may not know precisely how the 2024 melt season will end up this year, melt pond behavior this spring and summer suggests that the Arctic won’t break a record for the lowest sea ice ...

Scientists have long used satellite imagery to illustrate the shrinking extent of the Arctic sea ice. Now they've got satellite data that will provide regular updates on whether the ice is getting ...

The ice extent in January was down 498,000 square miles compared to the 1981 to 2010 average. That means the Arctic is now missing an area of ice six times the size of Wales.

The Arctic Ocean’s coating of sea ice—now remarkably thin and sparse after a record-warm winter—could plummet by late summer to the lowest extent in 38 years of observations.

Sea ice thickness is a less talked-about trend than sea ice extent. But thinner, more fragile ice could have serious implications for both the Arctic climate system and human activities in the ...