Sea Ice Today - National Snow and Ice Data Center
Nov 4, 2024 · Obtain daily sea ice extent values, ranges, and median values for the Arctic or the Antarctic. Analyze monthly-averaged or daily sea ice extent and concentration via interactive …
Current State of Sea Ice Cover | Earth - NASA
5 days ago · The sea ice cover is one of the key components of the polar climate system. It has been a focus of attention in recent years, largely because of a strong decrease in the Arctic …
Ice shelf - Wikipedia
Ice shelves are found in Antarctica and the Arctic (Greenland, Northern Canada, and the Russian Arctic), and can range in thickness from about 100–1,000 m (330–3,280 ft). The world's …
Arctic ice pack - Wikipedia
The Arctic ice pack is the sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean and its vicinity. The Arctic ice pack undergoes a regular seasonal cycle in which ice melts in spring and summer, reaches a …
The Science of Ice Shelves | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Ice shelves form in areas where cold ocean water lies next to a large continental glacier or ice sheet that reaches the sea. Under cooling or cold conditions, the ice that reaches the sea will …
Quick Facts About Ice Shelves - National Snow and Ice Data Center
Ice shelves are floating tongues of ice that extend from glaciers grounded on land. The height of the Antarctica's largest ice shelf, the Ross Ice Shelf, looms in the background with sea ice …
Enhanced wind mixing and deepened mixed layer in the Pacific Arctic …
2 days ago · Sea ice regime shift. The sea ice in the Pacific Arctic shelf seas often started retreating at the end of March and completely melted or reached the annual minimum extent in …
A great Arctic ice shelf - Nature
Feb 3, 2016 · Jakobsson et al. 3 report evidence of a one-kilometre-thick ice shelf (grey region) that covered the entire Arctic basin during the penultimate glaciation. Blue arrows indicate …
(PDF) Arctic Ice Shelves: An Introduction - ResearchGate
Jun 1, 2017 · Arctic ice shelves are restricted to several archipelagos fringing the Arctic Ocean and to a few Greenland fjords. The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is the largest at about 400 km2. Arctic …
Arctic fossils indicate ice shelf is not as stable as previously ...
Aug 5, 2024 · Scientists are warning of a catastrophic sea level rise if the ice in the Arctic melts, a very real possibility. The Arctic is the front line for climate change and the melting could have …