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Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.78 million square kilometers (5.71 million square miles) on March 13, 2019, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The 2019 maximum is effectively tied with the 2007 maximum at seventh lowest in the 40-year satellite record.
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14 March 2019
Twila Moon answers questions about why changes in the Arctic should concern the entire world, not just those living in the Arctic.
27 February 2019
A NSIDC project, the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA), partnered with SnowChange Cooperative to create the cyberinfrastructure for the first online cultural atlas of Indigenous Knowledge from Siberia.
21 February 2019
Researchers probe remote Alaskan permafrost to see where it thaws, and how deep the thaw goes.
12 February 2019
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, and sea ice loss plays a large role in this. While warmer conditions lead to more melting of sea ice, the loss of sea ice also makes it warmer - a vicious feedback cycle.
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The latest in Arctic sea ice news
3 April 2019
Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its maximum extent on March 13, marking the beginning of the sea ice melt season. Since the maximum, sea ice extent has been tracking at record low... read more
20 March 2019
Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual maximum extent on March 13, tying with 2007 for seventh lowest in the 40-year satellite record. The 2019 maximum sea ice extent is the highest... read more
