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Satellite data show that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 10, 2025.
The regionâs ice extent on March 22, 2025, was the lowest maximum observed in the satellite record.
The region’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record.
Satellite observations at night indicate that oil, gas, and mining have expanded across Earth’s northern latitudes.
Sea ice in the Arctic continued a decades-long downward trend in its minimum summer extent, while sea ice around Antarctica…
Sea ice at the top of the planet continued to shrink and thin in 2024, consistent with an ongoing 46-year…
Sea ice coverage reached its seasonal minimum in February 2024, tying with 2022 for the second-lowest extent in the satellite…
Satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 19, 2023. Â
Satellite data shows that Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum extent on record on September 10, 2023.
