Newly documented population of polar bears in Southeast Greenland sheds light on the species’...
Scientists have documented a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland. The polar bears survive with limited access to sea ice...
The mission and support of ICESat-2 data
By Agnieszka GautierEvery three months, the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) completes a comprehensive measurement of Earth’s surface, mapping our planet...
NSIDC DAAC makes altimetry data more accessible
By Agnieszka GautierLidar instruments have been mapping surface heights in Earth’s frozen regions—known as the cryosphere—since at least 1993, first on aircraft, and then...
Arctic sea ice at maximum extent for 2022
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.88 million square kilometers (5.75 million square miles) on February 25,...
Rainfall in the Arctic will soon be more common than snowfall
Changes will happen decades earlier than previously thoughtMore rain than snow will fall in the Arctic and this transition will occur decades earlier than...
Mountain and polar groups seek urgent COP26 decision
Climate talks lacking knowledge of permanent global impacts from glacier and ice sheet lossMountain and polar groups at the twenty-sixth United Nations Climate Change Conference...
Arctic sea ice has reached minimum extent for 2021
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 4.72 million square kilometers (1.82 million square miles) on September 16,...
NSIDC partners with local mural artist at Street Wise Boulder festival to illustrate Arctic...
Each September, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder informs the public of the annual Arctic sea...
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