The GLIMS Glacier Database, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center ...

The SMAP Level 4 data sets, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), were reprocessed from 1 Nov 2023 through the present aft ...

The number of snow cover days averaged over the western United States from October 1 to March 31 remained below the twenty-fifth percentile because of the late start to the snow season (Figure 2, ...

Read scientific analysis on Arctic sea ice conditions. We provide an update during the first week of each month, or more frequently as conditions warrant. Sea ice data is updated daily, with a one-day ...

Climate change has brought rapid, dramatic changes to the Arctic, affecting ecosystems, communities, and infrastructure in unprecedented ways. Indigenous communities in the region, for example, face ...

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The average Arctic sea ice extent for April 2024 was 14.12 million square kilometers (5.45 million square miles), placing it ...

In late February and early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, however, the seasonal melt for the 2023 to 2024 melt season, from November ...

April sea ice loss in the Arctic proceeded at a near-average rate overall, with the majority of ice losses in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk. In the Antarctic, sea ice grew faster than average, ...