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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Second-Lowest Extent
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Published September 22, 2020
The Arctic sea ice extent continues its long-term downward trend.
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Arctic Lows
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Published August 5, 2020
Record-low sea ice in July 2020 could be further depleted by a low-pressure system that developed over the Arctic Ocean.
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A-68A Holding it Together
Published April 20, 2020
The huge Antarctic iceberg has floated into warmer waters, but it is still mostly intact.
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Sea Ice Below Normal Despite a Seasonal Bump
Published March 24, 2020
Slight recoveries in the extent of sea ice at both poles were not enough to return to long-term normal levels.
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Drift Ice in the Sea of Okhotsk
Published March 19, 2020
Carried by winds and currents, sea ice can reach the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.
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Pine Island Glacier’s Newest Iceberg
Published February 12, 2020
Iceberg B-49 calved from the Antarctic glacier in February 2020.
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Another Berg from Pine Island Glacier
Published February 11, 2020
Cracks that spread across the floating ice for months have finally spawned new icebergs.
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2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Is Second Lowest
Published September 23, 2019
The long-term trend for Arctic sea ice extent has been definitively downward.
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Pine Island Glacier Quickly Drops Another Iceberg
Published November 8, 2018
Calving that used to happen about every six years has become a near-annual event.
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A Neat Slice of Ice in Antarctica
Published October 23, 2018
A sharp-edged rectangular iceberg floats near the Larsen C ice shelf.
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2018 Minimum
Published September 28, 2018
The ice cap tied for the sixth lowest extent on record, continuing a long-term decline.
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There Goes the Ice
Published July 30, 2018
Sea ice can linger on Hudson Bay into the summer, but it is usually gone by mid-August.
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