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NSIDC Scientific Expeditions
Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. 
What's hot in the news around climate and sea ice and what are scientists talking about now? 
April 2018
Mercury rising
Researchers discover massive amounts of mercury in Arctic permafrost, which could be released as permafrost thaws.
December 2017
Fire, water, and dust
NSIDC research scientist Colleen Strawhacker received a National Science Foundation grant to bring Indigenous communities and scientists together to discuss challenges and opportunities in food and data sovereignty in the US Southwest and the Arctic.
October 2017
Earth to Mars: planets of ice and fire
What can researchers learn about Mars from studying Earth's snow and ice?
August 2017
MODIS to VIIRS: Building a time series
A new satellite instrument helps expand NSIDC's cryospheric satellite products, which provide snow and ice data extending from 1979 to the present.
