Update on Arctic Snow and Ice

Above image, adapted from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), shows that Arctic sea ice extent has roughly followed the same pat...

Glaciers cracking in the presence of carbon dioxide

Northern Hemisphere snow and ice map , October 14, 2012 (credit: NSIDC, NOAA) Snow covers more than 33% of lands north of the equator from N...

NSIDC calls record 2012 low

This  NASA satellite image shows how the Arctic sea ice extent, on Sept. 16, 2012, compares to the average minimum extent over the past 30 ...

NSIDC: Arctic sea ice breaks lowest extent on record

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reports that Arctic sea ice has broken the previously lowest extent on record, which was in 20...

Arctic sea ice extent update

The image below shows sea ice extent as calculated by the Polar View team at the University of Bremen , Germany, updated August 25, 2012. Th...

Sea ice extent update August 14, 2012

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado has released an update. Excerpts follow below, for the full post...