NASA aerial campaigns monitor the gases leaking from Alaskan permafrost for signs of change.
Published Apr 12, 2016
As Arctic sea ice extent shrinks each year, ships are cruising farther north.
Published Apr 12, 2018Image of the Day Water Human Presence Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
A new report summarizes Arctic environmental conditions in 2013, including sea surface temperatures.
Published Dec 13, 2013
Half-frozen, half-thawed, the Taz River was in transition when Landsat 8 acquired this series of images in June 2013.
Published Jul 20, 2013
Operation IceBridge, an aerial ice surveying mission, has plenty of area to cover.
Published May 9, 2014
Temperatures are warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else in the world. Here’s why.
Published May 26, 2013
Melt ponds cover the surface of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean off of Alaska.
Published Jul 14, 2011
The decline of sea ice is leading to a wetter and warmer Arctic.
Published Apr 7, 2015
The floating plant-like organisms are showing up in higher concentrations across the Arctic Ocean.
Published Jul 30, 2020Image of the Day Heat Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Water Color
Is climate change affecting Arctic cyclones?
Published Aug 10, 2012
Ice that originated in the Arctic Ocean drifts hundreds of miles south, pulled along and shaped by the East Greenland Current.
Published Jul 21, 2020
In the Arctic, sea ice extent fluctuates with the seasons. It reaches its peak extent in March, near the end of Northern Hemisphere winter, and its minimum extent in September, at the end of the summer thaw. In September 2007, Arctic sea ice extent was the smallest area on record since satellites began collecting measurements about 30 years ago.
Published Mar 25, 2008
Freshwater from the Yenisei River, stained brown with organic materials, mixes with Arctic seawater off the coast of Russia.
Published Aug 17, 2019
This image shows average Arctic sea ice concentration for January 2011, the lowest January extent in the satellite record.
Published Feb 8, 2011
Rapid growth from 2008–2017 built upon the rise in the atmospheric concentration of the gas that has been happening for more than a century.
Published Jul 15, 2020
The Ob and Yenisei Rivers wash sediment and dissolved plant matter into the Arctic Ocean.
Published Aug 12, 2012
An unusual summer storm could potentially affect Arctic sea ice.
Published Aug 9, 2012
