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![The Polarstern and the Fedorov sidled up to each other to exchange personnel and equipment via cranes on deck. Sea ice floats between them. Credit: Sean Horvath The Polarstern and the Fedorov sidled up to each other to exchange personnel and equipment via cranes on deck. Sea ice floats between them. Credit: Sean Horvath](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/seanfeaturephoto_1.jpg.webp?itok=4EIkxxOx)
Feature Story
An advisee of National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) scientist Julienne Stroeve, Sean Horvath, a PhD candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder was one of twenty students chosen from six countries to take part in the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) School. This is his experience.
![Graph of declining snow cover Graph of declining snow cover](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/Data/data-SnowToday-downhill.PNG.webp?itok=UZYYDJFo)
Snow Analysis
February continued to see a trend of below average snow cover across the Western United States. Late January and early February storms replenished snow cover in some areas, but drought continues to impact California.
![This maps show trend for Arctic Sea Ice as part of the Sea Ice Analysis Tool This maps show trend for Arctic Sea Ice as part of the Sea Ice Analysis Tool](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/sea-ice-analysis_3.png.webp?itok=51KF7hRN)
Feature Story
A new visualization tool, the Sea Ice Analysis Tool, has just been added to the NSIDC Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis (ASINA) website that helps users customize the satellite data further, creating graphs or maps that show changes based on their chosen criteria.
![Graph of snow-covered area in western US, January 2020 Graph of snow-covered area in western US, January 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/Data/data_SnowToday-dry.PNG.webp?itok=8QIWLBZh)
Snow Analysis
Introducing Snow Today, a scientific analysis website that provides a snapshot and interpretation of snow conditions in near-real time across the Western United States, told with a unique combination of satellite data and surface observations.
![Team JANE assembled the AMIGOS towers on the top of the NSIDC building in Boulder, Colorado, so they could test it undisturbed. From left to right: Skylar Edwards, Raymie Fotherby, Emma Tomlinson, Coovi Meha, Ryan Weatherbee, and Jack Soltys. Team JANE assembled the AMIGOS towers on the top of the NSIDC building in Boulder, Colorado, so they could test it undisturbed. From left to right: Skylar Edwards, Raymie Fotherby, Emma Tomlinson, Coovi Meha, Ryan Weatherbee, and Jack Soltys.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/StudentsWithTower_3.png.webp?itok=wHAxP_tH)
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Seven engineering students from the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder spent a year working as part of the Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network (TARSAN) project team for the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC).
![Phyto_4 Phyto_4](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/Phyto_4.png.webp?itok=zZZ-K-F2)
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With the support of National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) sea ice concentration data, a team of researchers tries to catch another glimpse of an under-ice phytoplankton bloom that fuels the Arctic food web. The team aims to understand the survival mechanisms at play in this dark, harsh place.