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Graphic ranks months based on their Arctic air temperature from 1979 to 2019 at 925 hPa from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) Reanalysis for all areas north of 70 degrees N.

Analysis - Sea Ice Today

Arctic sea ice began its autumn regrowth in the last 12 days of September, with the ice edge expanding along a broad front in the western Arctic Ocean.

The project team traveling by skidoo and qamutiik (sled) to visit weather stations. Esa often hunts along the way, successfully catching seals on this outing (seen on the back of the sled). These trips are learning experiences for the team in more ways than just weather.

‘Those who work with weather’: Inuit and visiting scientists collaborate for better weather information

Feature Story

In 2009, Shari Fox of NSIDC, along with hunters, Elders, and research partners in Clyde River, created the Silalirijiit Project, linking Inuit knowledge with climate science and environmental modeling to better understand how weather patterns are changing in the Clyde River area.

Line graph shows Arctic sea ice decline per decade, and includes the 2019 sea ice decline trajectory.

Arctic sea ice reaches second lowest minimum in satellite record

Analysis - Sea Ice Today

On September 18, Arctic sea ice reached its likely minimum extent for 2019.

Shows a true-color composite image of a tongue of ice that has persisted in the eastern Beaufort Sea.

Sloshing Around in the Polar Twilight

Analysis - Sea Ice Today

The end of the Arctic sea ice melt season is nigh. The last couple of weeks have seen small rises and falls in ice extent, primarily due to changes in wind patterns.

Charting sea ice decline: The rise of Charctic

Spotlight

Sea ice trends are most apparent through data visualization. In 2012, NSIDC software developers launched a data tool called Charctic, which allows users to interact with sea ice data and clearly see sea ice decline. This is the story of how Charctic came to be and how it continues to influence science and the public.

Map of the Arctic shows average fields of ice drift and sea level pressure (SLP) from April 1 to May 31, 2019.

Summer’s not over until bottom melt ends

Analysis - Sea Ice Today

While Arctic sea ice extent was tracking at record low levels in July and August, the pace of ice loss slowed considerably after the middle of August, despite above-average air temperatures over much of the Arctic Ocean.

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