As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set. Such a practice gives credit to data set producers and advances principles of transparency and reproducibility. Other ...
NSIDC’s total archive volume passed the one-petabyte milestone in June 2019. NSIDC’s archive volume for NASA Earth science ...
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has released Version 2 of the Canadian Ice Service Arctic Regional Sea Ice Charts in SIGRID-3 Format data set. The ice charts have information on ice ...
Even the most well-intentioned Arctic research can fall short for Indigenous communities. Historically, academic research ...
Greetings, readers! Our monthly sea ice analyses are returning just in time for the September equinox. In the Arctic, the sea ice extent this summer was tracking 2012 levels until August. While ...
The Arctic Report Card, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is an annual, peer-reviewed snapshot of environmental conditions north of 60°N. Topics range from air ...
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.29 million square kilometers (5.52 million square miles) on March 15, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data ...
Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 2.58 million square kilometers (996,000 square miles) on February 26, 2026, according to scientists at the National Snow and ...
Most of the planet’s seasonal snow cover occurs in the Northern Hemisphere, although isolated areas of snow cover exist south of Earth’s equator and outside of Antarctica. Since continuous satellite ...
A snow drought has gripped the US West, according to report from January 8, 2025, by NIDIS. Snow-covered area in January across the western United States was 66 percent below average, at 401,000 ...
Version 4 of MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains a bed topography and ...
Explorers have dreamed of trade shortcuts across the Arctic Ocean for centuries. That shortcut was more easily imagined than achieved, thanks to Arctic weather, polar darkness, and near-constant sea ...