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Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low; Antarctic Ice Continues Decline
Arctic sea ice retreated to near-historic lows in the Northern Hemisphere this summer, likely melting to its minimum extent for…
Childhood Snow Days Transformed Linette Boisvert into a Sea Ice Scientist
Linette Boisvert turned a childhood love of snow into a career as a sea ice scientist studying climate change. Name: Linette…
Amendment 42: A.30 Understanding Changes in High Mountain Asia Deferred to ROSES-25
When it is solicited, A.30 Understanding Changes in High Mountain Asia (HMA) solicits investigations into HMA’s glaciers, snow, permafrost, and…
NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling…
NASA Mission Flies Over Arctic to Study Sea Ice Melt Causes
It’s not just rising air and water temperatures influencing the decades-long decline of Arctic sea ice. Clouds, aerosols, even the…
Antarctic Sea Ice Near Historic Lows; Arctic Ice Continues Decline
Editor’s note, April 16, 2024: An earlier version of this article included a rounded figure for the Arctic Ocean’s sea…
