The Arctic is often referred to as the Earth’s icebox, helping cool the globe’s ocean currents and shaping the jet stream. Similarly, warming in the Arctic influences conditions elsewhere on the planet. This means what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. NSIDC’s educational Web site, All About Arctic Climatology and Meteorology, helps… Read more »
Recent Articles
April, 2013
Glimpses of sea ice past
Recently, the National Snow and Ice Data Center acquired stacks of 49-year-old film rolls from a National Climate Data Center storage facility in North Carolina. “There were fifty cardboard boxes…. Read more »
March, 2013
Austin Post Glacier Photographs
“I have often claimed this collection to be more valuable than the moon rocks – after all, we can go back to the moon for more rocks, but we can… Read more »
January, 2013
Greenland Ice Sheet Today
Greenland is home to the largest ice sheet outside of Antarctica, and scientists are discovering that its ice is not immune to temperatures that continue to rise across the Arctic…. Read more »
