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Analysis - Sea Ice Today
April reached a new record Arctic low sea ice extent. Sea ice loss was rapid in the beginning of the month because of declines in the Sea of Okhotsk.
Analysis - Sea Ice Today
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 levels.
Analysis - Sea Ice Today
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 since 2014.
Spotlight
Why should we be concerned with what happens in the Arctic? NSIDC researcher Twila Moon answered this question and more on why changes in the Arctic matter—not just to those living in the Arctic, but to the world at large.
Spotlight
As the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the globe, permafrost, land ice and sea ice are disappearing at unprecedented rates.