Dec 6, 2023 · Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Sea ice is formed entirely in the ocean, unlike icebergs, which originate from land-based sources.

Jan 2, 2025 · NSIDC ARCTIC SEA ICE AREA (5-day trailing average): 11,563,964 KM2 as at 16-Jan-2025 Hudson Bay sea ice area increasing strongly but sea ice area about one month later …

Jan 2, 2024 · NSIDC ARCTIC SEA ICE AREA (5-day trailing average): 10,660,207 KM2 as at 30-Dec-2024 Sea ice area losses in Hudson Bay and the Barents have put the brake on sea ice …

Feb 25, 2025 · A real and late recovery in sea ice extentJAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 13,505,666 KM2 as at 05-Mar-2025 - Extent gain on this day 86k which is 90 k more than the …

Oct 3, 2024 · NSIDC ARCTIC SEA ICE AREA (5-day trailing average): 3,456,056 KM2 as at 02-Oct-2024 Some graphs of sea ice area so far this year, illustrating various stages of sea ice …

For climatologists and physical oceanographers, it is often said that the Arctic is a canary in the environmental coal mine. In the isolated Arctic Ocean Basin, a variety of oceanographic and …

Sep 15, 2024 · The presence of sea ice, however, depends on a delicate balance between the atmospheric and oceanic heat fluxes. The inflowing Atlantic water contains enough heat to …

Mar 9, 2018 · This Barents Sea ice will vanish quickly, and put us back in first place for the lowest extent. I believe we could then be in first place for the remainder of the season after that, …

Sea levels have risen and fallen throughout geologic history due to a myriad of natural processes, most notably the forming and melting of glaciers. Since the end of the last glacial peak, sea …

Mar 10, 2025 · A magnified Worldview animation at 6-day increments (apologies for the cloudy day which I kept to maintain pacing). Beside the gradual disintegration of parts of the tongue …