Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 15.01 million square kilometers (5.80 million square miles) on March 14. The 2024 maximum is the fourteenth lowest in the 46-...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2024/03/arctic-sea-ice-reaches-a-below-average-maximum/
During February, Arctic sea ice extent increased along the lower 10 percent interdecile value, with the average monthly extent tied for fifteenth lowest in the satellite record. Temperatures were...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2024/03/leaping-toward-spring/
On February 20, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its minimum extent of 1.99 million square kilometers (768,000 square miles), tying for second lowest extent in the 1979 to 2024 satellite record. ...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2024/02/antarctic-sea-ice-extent-hits-third-low-in-row/
Arctic sea ice growth was slower than average through most of the month, but with extent slightly declining towards the end of the month. Antarctic sea ice extent returned to near-record daily lo...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2024/02/nothing-swift-january-sea-ice/
The end of 2023 had above average sea ice growth, bringing the daily extent within the interdecile range, the range spanning 90 percent of past sea ice extents for the date. Rapid expansion of ic...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2024/01/fast-december-expansion/
While autumn sea ice growth is in full swing, brief pauses are not unusual. Starting November 22, the ice growth stalled almost completely for five days as a series of storms guided an atmospheri...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/12/a-brief-winter-pause/
As the long Arctic winter sets in, sea ice extent has increased at a faster than average pace. By the end of October, the ice cover had reached the Siberian coast, while open water persisted alon...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/11/the-long-arctic-winter-sets-in/
A few days after the annual Arctic sea ice minimum extent was reached on September 19, the sun set at the North Pole, aiding sea ice growth. Arctic sea ice extent has grown at a fairly slow pace...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/10/the-sun-sets-on-the-arctic-melt-season/
On September 10, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 16.96 million square kilometers (6.55 million square miles). This is the lowest sea ice maximum in the 1979 to 202...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/09/antarctic-sets-a-record-low-maximum-by-wide-margin/
On September 19, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.23 million square kilometers (1.63 million square miles). The 2023 minimum is sixth lowest in the nearly 45-year...
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/09/arctic-sea-ice-minimum-at-sixth/