On September 19, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 17.16 million square kilometers (6.63 million ...

Since 2007, the Arctic sea ice minimum has dropped below 5 million square kilometers (1.93 million square miles), except in ...

Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 17.16 million square kilometers (6.63 million square ...

Software engineer and metadata architect Julia Collins discusses how she came to NSIDC, and how she came to appreciate the ...

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Note: To select a different data set, close this window (or tab) and navigate to the data set landing page you want. This global Level-3 (L3) data set provides daily ...

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set. Such a practice gives credit to data set producers and advances principles of transparency and reproducibility. To promote ...

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set. Such a practice gives credit to data set producers and advances principles of transparency and reproducibility. To promote ...

The cryosphere refers to Earth’s ice in all its forms. The term comes from the Greek word for icy cold—krios. The cryosphere includes: This up-close image shows the intricate details within this ice ...

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set. Such a practice gives credit to data set producers and advances principles of transparency and reproducibility. To promote ...

Retrieve freeze dates, thaw dates, and ice duration for a collection of the world's lakes and rivers. The physical characteristics of the lakes and rivers in the database (such as lake area, depth, ...

Note: To select a different data set, close this window (or tab) and navigate to the data set landing page you want. This data set contains estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and concentration, ice ...