In late February and early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, ...

Near Real-Time MODIS/Terra L3 Global Daily 500m SIN Grid Snow Cover, Grain Size, and Dust Radiative Forcing, Version 1 ...

Thwaites Glacier is one of the fastest-retreating glaciers in Antarctica. This colossal glacier covers an area roughly the size of Florida or Great Britain in West Antarctica and it is rapidly losing ...

ICESat-2 Derived Sea Ice Melt Pond Characteristics from the Density-Dimension Algorithm, Version 3, is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center ...

Read scientific analysis on Arctic sea ice conditions. We provide an update during the first week of each month, or more frequently as conditions warrant. Sea ice data is updated daily, with a one-day ...

There are many ways to access and work with NSIDC data to accommodate a wide diversity of users. Use the filter menu to explore and narrow down your options. Note that the list defaults to show our ...

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 provides locations and depths of melt ponds in the Multi-Year Arctic ...

NSIDC partnered with the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center to develop this database. The project was funded through the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Project (CDMP). For complete ...

High Mountain Asia 30m and 8m Flood Geomorphic Potential, Version 1 is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Cente ...

Following the 2024 maximum sea ice extent on March 14, Arctic ice extent has declined slowly such that 2024 March average is the fifteenth lowest in the passive microwave satellite record. The ...