T he winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on 21 March 2025 was lower than at any time since continuous satellite ...

Satellite data from the last three decades documents the dramatic changes in Arctic sea ice due to climate ... lateral pressures on sea ice. Wind or ocean currents can stack floes up, forming ...

Satellites can now measure the thickness of sea-ice covering the Arctic Ocean all year round ... To measure thickness, scientists use satellite altimeters. The European Space Agency's (Esa ...

Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be a thing of the past by ... Northwest Passage were "largely open," the report card said Satellite records show an increase in maritime shipping in ...

Now, new research has found that Arctic Ocean sea ice is shrinking even faster ... well documented since at least 1979, when continuous satellite observations began. Since then, there has been ...

"At the start of the satellite record (in the late 1970s), much of the ice covering the Arctic Ocean was greater than four years old. Today, most of the ice covering the Arctic Ocean is 'first ...

The agency said satellite images showed “dramatic openings ... Spitzbergen is a Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean. ESA said colder autumn temperatures had begun to freeze the sea again ...

President Biden is expected to prohibit oil and gas leasing across the entirety of the United States' territory in the Arctic Ocean, an administration official confirmed on Sunday. The Biden ...

The Arctic Ocean has always been a region that’s fascinated University of Delaware doctoral student Tianyu Zhou. While most of humanity lives in the world’s temperate zone, the polar ocean seems like ...