Arctic Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record

The summer 2022 extent of Arctic sea ice continued the downward trend under way since the 1980s.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Story by Roberto Molar Candanosa/NASA’s Earth Science News Team.

Published September 22, 2022
Data acquired September 18, 2022

Sources:

DMSP > SSM/I

DMSP > SSMIS

Nimbus 7 > SMMR