Older than artifacts: NSIDC database goes back centuries
By Michon ScottCredit for image above: Wikimedia UK and the National Museum of Scotland
The Lewis Chessmen, on display at the British Museum and the...
White House guidance on Indigenous Knowledge recognizes ELOKA
By Agnieszka GautierIn traditional approaches to research, it is standard to consider knowledge generated through the research project the “property” of the researchers and...
User resources available from NSIDC
By Michon Scott“Great, I think I found the data product I need! Now what do I do?”
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What we can learn from a half century of sea ice data
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Community knowledge builds resilience to Arctic climate change impacts
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Visual histories added to Evenki Atlas
By Agnieszka GautierIn 2019, after fifteen years of groundwork, the Evenki Atlas came to life via the internet. The Evenki peoples of Sakha-Yakutia in...
NSIDC DAAC data sets published on Earthdata Cloud
Thirty-four data sets from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), and Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite/Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (ICESat/GLAS) collections...
Arctic sea ice has reached minimum extent for 2022
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year at 4.67 million square kilometers (1.80 million square miles) on September 18,...
Free NASA webinar to learn about NSIDC DAAC’s new website
On Wednesday, August 24, at 12 p.m. MDT/ 2 p.m. EDT, the NASA EOSDIS (Earth Observing System Data and Information System) Communications Team will...
NSIDC.org website: New look and new features
Welcome to the latest and greatest version of NSIDC.org! Our website now offers an even more intuitive and efficient interface to allow users from...
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