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On March 7, 2017, Arctic sea ice reached its annual wintertime maximum extent, according to scientists at the...
Arctic sea ice extent ebbs and flows with the seasons. During the summer months, the ice melts and the edge recedes...
Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent Sept. 19, and then again on Sept. 23, 2018. NASA works with the...
The Arctic and the Antarctic are regions that have a lot of ice and acts as air conditioners for the Earth system....
Working from a combination of satellite records and declassified submarine sonar data, NASA scientists have...
Winter temperatures are soaring in the Arctic for the fourth winter in a row. The heat, accompanied by moist air, is...
For six weeks in Ontario, Canada, scientists and engineers lead a field campaign to study the science and mechanics...
Last year Operation IceBridge flew for the first time out of McMurdo Station in Antarctica, reaching a new slate of...
In 2007, more than 1,100 Landsat 7 images were used to create the first ever, high-resolution, true color map of...
Every year, sea ice fluctuates through the seasons, growing in the winter and shrinking in the summer. This year,...
This Winter Olympics, NASA will be studying how well researchers can measure snow from the ground and space and...
For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic's permanently frozen soil known...
Sea ice acts as an air conditioner for the planet, reflecting energy from the Sun. On September 17, the Arctic Sea...
This Winter Olympics, NASA will be studying how well researchers can measure snow from the ground and space and...
SnowEx is a NASA led multi-year research campaign to improve measurements of how much snow is on the ground at any...
Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record...
Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the...
A group of scientists and pilots conducted a series of science flights over Western Colorado for a new five-year...