Arctic sea ice hits record low for its usual peak growth period
The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice ...
Global Sea Ice Hits a New Low
Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...
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Arctic sea ice hits record low maximum extent for the year
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.33 million square kilometers (5.53 million square ...
Drone experiment reveals how Greenland ice sheet is changing
For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ...
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Polar sea ice continues steep decline; but will a troubled world notice?
Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...
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Does sea ice melt raise sea level?
Sea ice melt is not a significant contributor to sea level rise, but its contribution is not nothing, either. Sea ice is ...
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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...
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Scientists reveal a hidden world beneath Antarctica's ice where rivers flow uphill
Scientists knew that these ice shelves constantly melt from below, as their undersides are bathed in sea water a couple of degrees above freezing. But satellite measurements repeatedly showed ...
2 Trillion Pulses Unleashed: NASA’s Space Laser Reveals Earth’s Shifting Ice
NASA’s ICESat-2 has hit an incredible milestone: 2 trillion laser shots fired from orbit! This Earth-monitoring marvel has ...