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Last summer, Chris Larsen and Martin Truffer, both of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, flew with University of Arizona's Jack Holt and University of Texas student Michael Christoffersen. || OIB_Alaska_Final.00010_print.jpg (1024x576) [109.9 KB] || OIB_Alaska_Final.00010_searchweb.png (320x180) [96.3 KB] || OIB_Alaska_Final.00010_thm.png (80x40) [6.8 KB] || OIB_Alaska_Final.mp4 (1920x1080) [939.1 MB] || YOUTUBE_1080_OIB_Alaska_Final_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [977.3 MB] || OIB_Alaska_Final.webm (1920x1080) [76.9 MB] || OIB_Alaska_Final.en_US.srt [12.6 KB] || OIB_Alaska_Final.en_US.vtt [12.6 KB] || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 4723, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4723/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2019-03-20T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Maximum 2019", "description": "Animation of Arctic sea ice extent between its minimum on September 23, 2018 and its maximum on March 13, 2019. || maximum.1500_print.jpg (1024x576) [109.7 KB] || 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"release_date": "2018-09-27T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "2018 Arctic Sea Ice Ties for Sixth Lowest Minimum Extent on NASA Record", "description": "Music: Haunting Memories by Emmanuel David Lipszyc [SACEM], Franck Lascombes [SACEM], Sébastien Lipszyc [SACEM]Complete transcript available. || sea_ice_min_w_avg_print_res_print.jpg (1024x576) [119.6 KB] || sea_ice_min_w_avg_print_res_print_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.3 KB] || sea_ice_min_w_avg_print_res_print_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || TWITTER_720_13075_SeaIceMin18_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [50.6 MB] || 13075_SeaIceMin18.webm (960x540) [92.8 MB] || FACEBOOK_720_13075_SeaIceMin18_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [282.4 MB] || YOUTUBE_1080_13075_SeaIceMin18_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [378.5 MB] || SeaIce18.en_US.srt [4.3 KB] || SeaIce18.en_US.vtt [4.3 KB] || 13075_SeaIceMin18.mov (1920x1080) [6.2 GB] || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 40348, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/esddatafor-societal-benefits/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2018-04-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESD data for Societal Benefit", "description": "No description available.", "hits": 233 }, { "id": 4628, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4628/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2018-03-23T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Ice Maximum extent 2018", "description": "This visualization shows the Arctic sea ice as it expands from October 1, 2017 to its annual maximum extent that occurred on March 17th, 2018.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || SeaIceMax_2018.1071_print.jpg (1024x576) [195.9 KB] || SeaIceMax_2018_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [41.1 MB] || SeaIceMax_2018_2160p30.webm (3840x2160) [7.6 MB] || Sea_Ice_with_dates (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || SeaIceMax_2018_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [134.9 MB] || ArcticSeaIceMax_2018_YouTube_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [171.5 MB] || SeaIceMax_2018_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [216 bytes] || ", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 12898, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12898/", "result_type": 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Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_print.jpg (1024x576) [161.8 KB] || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.0 KB] || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || SeaIceMin2017_30fps_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.0 MB] || SeaIceMin2017_1920x1080.tif (1920x1080) [3.3 MB] || SeaIceMin2017_30fps_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [1.5 MB] || SeaIceMin2017_30fps_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [193 bytes] || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 12480, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12480/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-04-10T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Shrinking Sea Ice", "description": "A combination of warmer-than-average temperatures, winds unfavorable to ice expansion, and a series of storms halted Arctic sea ice growth. || NPseaIce_MIN2016_til_Mar2017.8218_1024x576.jpg (1024x576) [148.2 KB] || NPseaIce_MIN2016_til_Mar2017.8218_print.jpg (1024x576) [161.6 KB] || NPseaIce_MIN2016_til_Mar2017.8218_thm.png (80x40) [6.5 KB] || NPseaIce_MIN2016_til_Mar2017.8218_1024x576_searchweb.png (320x180) [78.8 KB] || NPseaIce_MIN2016_til_Mar2017.8218.tif (1920x1080) [2.3 MB] || ", "hits": 60 }, { "id": 12537, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12537/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-03-22T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Another Record Low", "description": "On March 7, 2017, Arctic sea ice reached its annual wintertime maximum extent, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA. The Arctic sea ice extent set a record low after a warm winter. Combining the Arctic and Antarctic numbers shows that the planet’s global sea ice levels on Feb. 13 were at their lowest point since satellites began to continuously measure sea ice in 1979. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 4562, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4562/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-03-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Minimum Antarctic Sea Ice 2017", "description": "This movie begins at the 2016 Antarctic maximum on August 31, 2016 and shows daily sea ice concentration until the Antarctic minimum on March 3, 2017. The 2017 minimum had only 2.1 million square kilometers of sea ice extent below the previous lowest minimum extext in the satellite record that occurred in 1997. || SouthPoleSeaIce_max_min.3591_print.jpg (1024x576) [44.1 KB] || SouthPoleSeaIce_max_min.3591_searchweb.png (320x180) [39.9 KB] || SouthPoleSeaIce_max_min.3591_thm.png (80x40) [4.1 KB] || SouthPoleSeaIce_max_min.3591.tif (1920x1080) [1.5 MB] || SouthPole_Max_Min_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [19.9 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || SouthPole_Max_Min_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.7 MB] || SouthPole_Max_Min_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [191 bytes] || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 4564, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4564/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-03-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Daily Sea Ice Concentration from Arctic Minimum 2016 to Arctic Maximum 2017", "description": "This movie begins at Arctic Minimum on September 10, 2016 and shows daily sea ice concentration until the Arctic maximum on March 7, 2017. The 2017 Arctic maximum was 14.42 million square kilometers (5.57 million square miles). 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The viewer then moves in over the arctic on December 27, 2015. Winds and air temperature fade in as time moves forward. A low pressure system then moves in pushing warm air ahead of it. 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Perennial sea ice, also known as multi-year ice, is the portion of the sea ice that survives the summer melt season. Perennial ice may have a life-span of nine years or more and represents the thickest component of the sea ice; perennial ice can grow up to four meters thick. By contrast, first year ice that grows during a single winter is generally at most two meters thick.This animation shows the Arctic sea ice age for the week of the minimum ice extent for each year, depicting the age in different colors. Younger sea ice, or first-year ice, is shown in a dark shade of blue while the ice that is four years old or older is shown as white. A color scale identifies the age of the intermediary years.Correction: The original release on 10/28/2016 incorrectly labeled the oldest category on the graph as \"5+\". This was corrected to read \"4+\" on 10/30/2016. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 4494, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4494/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-09-15T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice from March to September 2016", "description": "In this animation, the Earth rotates slowly as the Arctic sea ice advances over time from March 24, 2016 to September 10, 2016, when the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent. 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The ice extent went down to 1.6 million square miles. This is 0.9 million square miles less than the long-term average from 1981 to 2010.2. The Arctic ice cover helps regulate the planet's temperature.3. 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During Northern Hemisphere spring and summer months, the Arctic sea ice melts considerably, usually reaching its minimum extent in September, before colder weather begins to cause ice cover to increase during fall and winter months. This series of images shows Arctic sea ice extent for a selection of years using data from AMSR-E and AMSR2. The burgundy area represents the median sea ice extent observed by satellite sensors in September from 1979 to 2000. Over the last few decades, the average global temperature has been on the rise—and temperatures in the Arctic have risen at nearly twice the rate as temperatures elsewhere on the planet. As temperatures rise in the Arctic, the extent of sea ice declines. Sea ice is highly reflective of the sun’s energy; therefore, reductions in sea ice impact Earth’s radiation budget. Rather than reflecting most of the sun’s energy, ice-free areas absorb sunlight causing subsequent warming of the ocean. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 12305, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12305/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-07-19T12:15:00-04:00", "title": "Record-Breaking Climate Trends Briefing – July 19, 2016", "description": "Two key climate change indicators have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016, according to NASA analyses of ground-based observations and satellite data.Each of the first six months of 2016 set a record as the warmest respective month globally in the modern temperature record, which dates to 1880. Meanwhile, five of the first six months set records for the smallest monthly Arctic sea ice extent since consistent satellite records began in 1979.NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, July 19, to discuss the latest insights into these two key climate indicators, and what this means for our future climate.Participating in the briefing:* Gavin Schmidt, director of Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, New York* Walt Meier, sea ice scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland* Charles Miller, science co-lead for the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California* Nathan Kurtz, project scientist for NASA's Operation IceBridge at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MarylandFor more information:2016 Climate Trends Continue to Break Records || ", "hits": 67 }, { "id": 4481, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4481/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-07-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Extent: January - June 2016", "description": "In this animation, the Earth rotates slowly as the Arctic sea ice advances over time from January 18 through July 7, 2016 || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016.0001_print.jpg (1024x576) [115.6 KB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016.0001_searchweb.png (320x180) [80.7 KB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016.0001_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [19.2 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016.webm (960x540) [20.6 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [24.8 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016.mpeg (1280x720) [175.3 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [176.6 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016_prores.mov (1280x720) [750.3 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [7.3 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice-July_2016_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [198 bytes] || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 12306, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12306/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-07-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Record-Breaking Climate Trends 2016 – Rising Temperatures and Shrinking Sea Ice", "description": "Two key climate change indicators have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016, according to NASA analyses of ground-based observations and satellite data. Each of the first six months of 2016 set a record as the warmest respective month globally in the modern temperature record, which dates to 1880. Meanwhile, five of the first six months set records for the smallest monthly Arctic sea ice extent since consistent satellite records began in 1979. NASA researchers are in the field this summer, collecting data to better understand our changing climate.Music: Hidden Files by Sam Dodson [PRS] || 12306_climate_2016_large.00071_print.jpg (1024x576) [137.2 KB] || 12306_climate_2016_large.00071_searchweb.png (320x180) [73.9 KB] || 12306_climate_2016_large.00071_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || 12306_climate_2016_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [58.4 MB] || 12306_climate_2016_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [27.1 MB] || 12306_climate_2016.webm (960x540) [23.3 MB] || 12306_climate_2016_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [27.2 MB] || 12306_climate_2016_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [231.5 MB] || 12306_climate_2016.mpeg (1280x720) [193.4 MB] || 12306_climate_2016_prores.mov (1280x720) [784.6 MB] || 12306_climate_2016.en_US.srt [111 bytes] || 12306_climate_2016.en_US.vtt [124 bytes] || 12306_climate_2016_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [9.7 MB] || ", "hits": 79 }, { "id": 12192, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12192/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-04-05T12:20:54-04:00", "title": "Sea Ice Growth Slows In Arctic", "description": "Arctic sea ice was at a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second straight year. || c-1024.jpg (1024x576) [160.0 KB] || c-1280.jpg (1280x720) [217.1 KB] || c-1920.jpg (1920x1080) [329.5 KB] || c-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [166.1 KB] || c-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [84.4 KB] || c-1024_web.png (320x180) [84.4 KB] || c-1024_thm.png (80x40) [19.9 KB] || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 4440, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4440/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-03-28T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Maximum - 2016", "description": "An animation of the Arctic sea ice from September 7th, 2015 through March 24th, 2016 with datesThis video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Arctic_sea_ice_2016.1499_print.jpg (1024x576) [105.4 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_2016_wDate_p30_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [15.0 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_2016_wDate_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [16.6 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_2016_p30_1080p.webm (1920x1080) [2.8 MB] || seaIce_wDate (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || seaIce_wDate (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || Arctic_seaIce_2016_wDate_4k_p30_2160p.mp4 (3840x2160) [58.3 MB] || seaIce_wDate (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || seaIce_wDate (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || Arctic_seaIce_2016_wDate_4k_2160p30x2.mp4 (3840x2160) [99.4 MB] || ", "hits": 41 }, { "id": 12178, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12178/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-03-22T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Ice Maximum/Operation IceBridge Live Shots", "description": "B-roll and canned interviews will be added on Thursday, March 24 || Arctic_sea_ice.jpg (640x427) [210.8 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_searchweb.png (320x180) [109.2 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 4435, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4435/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-03-10T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 1979-2015 with Area Graph", "description": "An animation of the annual Arctic sea ice minimum with a graph overlay showing the area of the minimum sea ice in millions of square kilometers.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || seaIceWgraph_HD.1079_print.jpg (1024x576) [160.4 KB] || seaIceWgraph_HD.1079_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.5 KB] || seaIceWgraph_HD.1079_thm.png (80x40) [6.8 KB] || seaIceWgraph_HD_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [15.5 MB] || seaIceMin_withGraph (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || seaIceWgraph_HD_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [2.9 MB] || seaIceMin_withGraph (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || seaIceWgraph_4k_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [66.3 MB] || seaIceWgraph_HD_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [218 bytes] || ", "hits": 365 }, { "id": 40165, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/cryoanimations/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2015-11-16T10:09:22-05:00", "title": "Cryospheric Animations", "description": "No description available.", "hits": 89 }, { "id": 12032, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12032/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-10-27T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Antarctic Sea Ice Update", "description": "This year’s Antarctic sea ice maximum extent is the lowest since 2008. || c-1920.jpg (1920x1080) [234.6 KB] || c-1280.jpg (1280x720) [161.1 KB] || c-1024.jpg (1024x576) [118.4 KB] || c-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [124.0 KB] || c-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [73.7 KB] || c-1024_web.png (320x180) [73.7 KB] || c-1024_thm.png (80x40) [17.0 KB] || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 4368, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4368/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-10-20T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Maximum Antarctic Sea Ice 2015", "description": "Above is an image of the Antarctic sea ice on October 6, 2015, the day on which it reached its annual maximum extent. The date is also displayed. || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2015_Date_noAve.7768_print.jpg (1024x576) [78.1 KB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2015_Date_noAve.7768_searchweb.png (320x180) [69.9 KB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2015_Date_noAve.7768_thm.png (80x40) [5.4 KB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2015_1080p_wDate_noAve.7768.tif (1920x1080) [2.0 MB] || Antarctic_seaIce_max_2015_Print_wDate_noAve.7768.tif (5760x3240) [15.1 MB] || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 11932, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11932/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-09-17T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Evolving Arctic", "description": "A NASA analysis of satellite data reveals the 2015 Arctic sea ice minimum extent is one of the lowest on record. || c-1920.jpg (1920x1080) [415.1 KB] || c-1280.jpg (1280x720) [278.6 KB] || c-1024.jpg (1024x576) [199.6 KB] || c-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [210.9 KB] || c-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [109.5 KB] || c-1024_web.png (320x180) [109.5 KB] || c-1024_thm.png (80x40) [22.0 KB] || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 12001, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12001/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-09-15T12:30:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2015 Minimum Extent", "description": "For complete transcript, click here. || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_youtube_hq_print.jpg (1024x576) [155.7 KB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [179.4 MB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_prores_2.mov (1920x1080) [1.1 GB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER.mpeg (1280x720) [265.9 MB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER.webm (960x540) [32.4 MB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [42.1 MB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_HD.wmv (1280x720) [15.6 MB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [583.7 MB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [42.1 MB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_for_captioning.en_US.srt [1.5 KB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_for_captioning.en_US.vtt [1.4 KB] || 2015_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Minimum_-_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [14.1 MB] || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 11998, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11998/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-09-11T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Instagram: Approaching The 2015 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum", "description": "As the sun sets over the Arctic, the end of this year’s melt season is quickly approaching and the sea ice cover has already shrunk to the fourth lowest in the satellite record. With possibly some days of melting left, the sea ice extent could still drop to the second or third lowest on record. Arctic sea ice, which regulates the planet’s temperature by bouncing solar energy back to space, has been on a steep decline for the last two decades. This animation shows the evolution of Arctic sea ice in 2015, from its annual maximum wintertime extent, reached on February 25, to September 6. || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 11999, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11999/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-09-11T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Approaching The 2015 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum", "description": "As the sun sets over the Arctic, the end of this year’s melt season is quickly approaching and the sea ice cover has already shrunk to the fourth lowest in the satellite record. With possibly some days of melting left, the sea ice extent could still drop to the second or third lowest on record. Arctic sea ice, which regulates the planet’s temperature by bouncing solar energy back to space, has been on a steep decline for the last two decades. This animation shows the evolution of Arctic sea ice in 2015, from its annual maximum wintertime extent, reached on February 25, to September 6. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 4355, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4355/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-09-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "AMSR2 2015 Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Extent", "description": "In this animation, the Earth rotates slowly as the Arctic sea ice advances over time from February 25, 2015 to September 11, 2015, when the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent. || AMSR2_seaIce_2015_wDate.1189_print.jpg (1024x576) [149.2 KB] || AMSR2_seaIce_2015_wDate.1189_searchweb.png (320x180) [94.8 KB] || AMSR2_seaIce_2015_wDate.1189_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || AMSR2_seaIce_2015_wDate_p30_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [13.6 MB] || AMSR2_seaIce_2015_wDate_p30_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [7.3 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || AMSR2_seaIce_2015_wDate_p30_1080p.webm (1920x1080) [2.3 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || AMSR2_seaIce_2015_wDate_p30_360p.mp4 (640x360) [2.6 MB] || ", "hits": 10 }, { "id": 11837, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11837/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-04-16T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "State of Arctic Sea Ice", "description": "This year’s Arctic sea ice maximum annual extent is the lowest on record. || c-1920.jpg (1920x1080) [416.5 KB] || c-1280.jpg (1280x720) [260.8 KB] || c-1024.jpg (1024x576) [180.8 KB] || c-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [169.2 KB] || c-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [89.4 KB] || c-1024_print_thm.png (80x40) [20.7 KB] || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 4301, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4301/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-04-08T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 1979-2014 with Area Graph", "description": "This animation shows the annual Arctic sea ice minimum with a graph overlay that depicts the area of the sea ice in millions of square kilometers. || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph.2499_print.jpg (1024x576) [129.9 KB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph.2499_searchweb.png (180x320) [83.9 KB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph.2499_web.png (320x180) [83.9 KB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph.2499_thm.png (80x40) [9.0 KB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [7.5 MB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [14.4 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [256.0 KB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph_720p30.webm (1280x720) [5.0 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph_4301.key [22.3 MB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph_4301.pptx [19.7 MB] || seaIce_1979-2014_min_wGraph_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [242 bytes] || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 11823, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11823/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-03-25T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA On Air: Great Lakes Ice Time Lapse - Winter 2013 to 2014 (3/25/2015)", "description": "LEAD: Instruments aboard NASA satellites are able to track the winter ice growth and retreat across the Great Lakes.1. Changes in lake ice within a six-month period between 2013 and 2014 can be seen in 18 seconds. 2. The maximum ice extent occurred on March 6, 2014 and covered 92% of the Great Lakes.3. 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At 5.61 million square miles (14.54 million square kilometers), this year’s maximum extent was the smallest on the satellite record and also one of the earliest.Arctic sea ice, frozen seawater floating on top of the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas, is in constant change: it grows in the fall and winter, reaching its annual maximum between late February and early April, and then it shrinks in the spring and summer until it hits its annual minimum extent in September. The past decades have seen a downward trend in Arctic sea ice extent during both the growing and melting season, though the decline is steeper in the latter.This year’s maximum was reached 15 days earlier than the 1981 to 2010 average date of March 12, according to NSIDC. Only in 1996 did it occur earlier, on February 24. However, the sun is just beginning to rise on the Arctic Ocean and a late spurt of ice growth is still possible, though unlikely.If the maximum were to remain at 5.61 million square miles, it would be 50,000 square miles below the previous lowest wintertime extent, reached in 2011 at 5.66 million square miles — in percentages, that’s less than a 1 percent difference between the two record low maximums. In comparison, the swings between record lows for the Arctic summertime minimum extent have been much wider: the lowest minimum extent on record, in 2012, was 1.31 million square miles, about 300,000 square miles, or 18.6 percent smaller than the previous record low one, which happened in 2007 and clocked at 1.61 million square miles.A record low sea ice maximum extent does not necessarily lead to a record low summertime minimum extent.“The winter maximum gives you a head start, but the minimum is so much more dependent on what happens in the summer that it seems to wash out anything that happens in the winter,” said Walt Meier, a sea ice scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “If the summer is cool, the melt rate will slow down. And the opposite is true, too: even if you start from a fairly high point, warm summer conditions make ice melt fast. This was highlighted by 2012, when we had one of the later maximums on record and extent was near-normal early in the melt season, but still the 2012 minimum was by far the lowest minimum we’ve seen.”The main player in the wintertime maximum extent is the seasonal ice at the edges of the ice pack. This type of ice is thin and at the mercy of which direction the wind blows: warm winds from the south compact the ice northward and also bring heat that makes the ice melt, while cold winds from the north allow more sea ice to form and spread the ice edge southward.“Scientifically, the yearly maximum extent is not as interesting as the minimum. It is highly influenced by weather and we’re looking at the loss of thin, seasonal ice that is going to melt anyway in the summer and won’t become part of the permanent ice cover,” Meier said. “With the summertime minimum, when the extent decreases it’s because we’re losing the thick ice component, and that is a better indicator of warming temperatures.” || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 4281, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4281/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-03-19T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Maximum - 2015", "description": "An animation of the Arctic sea ice from October 1, 2014 to February 25, 2015 when the ice reached its maximum annual extent. The 2015 maximum is then compared to the average 1979-2014 maximum shown in yellow. A distance indicator shows the difference between the two in the Sea of Okhotsk north of Japan. || SeaIceMax_2015.2539_print.jpg (1024x576) [110.0 KB] || SeaIceMax_2015.2539_searchweb.png (320x180) [77.7 KB] || SeaIceMax_2015.2539_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || SeaIceMax_2015.2539_web.png (320x180) [77.7 KB] || SeaIceMax_2015_720.webm (1280x720) [5.0 MB] || SeaIceMax_2015_720.mp4 (1280x720) [9.9 MB] || SeaIceMax_2015_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [18.2 MB] || Final (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || Final (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 11814, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11814/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-03-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA On Air: 2015 Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Annual Extent Is Lowest On Record (3/18/2015)", "description": "LEAD: Scientists say the 2015 Arctic sea ice maximum annual extent is lowest on record.1. Observations from the NASA–supported National Snow and Ice Data Center indicate the winter sea ice has peaked at 5.6 million square miles, less than twice the size of the U.S.2. The main player inhibiting growth are the warm winds from the south that compact the ice northward and also bring warm air that melts the ice.3. The end of the winter ice growth season came two weeks earlier compared to the 1981 to 2010 average date.TAG: The past decades have seen a downward trend in Arctic sea ice during the winter and summer, although, the trend is decreasing faster for the summer melt. || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_print.jpg (1024x576) [139.7 KB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.0 KB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_web.png (320x180) [92.0 KB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_WEA_CEN.wmv (1280x720) [8.1 MB] || WC_ASIM_.avi (1280x720) [10.6 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [14.5 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [38.8 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [64.1 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.webm (1920x1080) [2.8 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [125.3 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.m4v (1920x1080) [125.3 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_prores.mov (1920x1080) [463.9 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [564.0 MB] || WC_ArcticMax-1920-MASTER_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [672.4 MB] || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 4256, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4256/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-03-16T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Winter of 2013 – 2014: A Cold, Snowy and Icy Winter in North America", "description": "This animation shows the snow cover over North America during the 2013-2014 winter as well as the ice concentration over the Great Lakes. The date and a graph showing the percent of ice cover over the Great Lakes and Lake Superior is shown on this version. || GreatLakes_ice_2014-15_30p.02845_print.jpg (1024x576) [134.0 KB] || GreatLakes_ice_2014-15_30p.02845_searchweb.png (320x180) [90.3 KB] || GreatLakes_ice_2014-15_30p.02845_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || GreatLakes_Ice_2013-2014_720.mp4 (1280x720) [42.1 MB] || GreatLakes_Ice_2013-2014_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [74.5 MB] || GreatLakes_ice_withOlay (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || GreatLakes_ice_withOlay (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || GreatLakes_Ice_2013-2014_720.webm (1280x720) [27.5 MB] || GreatLakes_Ice_2013-2014_4256.key [45.7 MB] || GreatLakes_Ice_2013-2014_4256.pptx [43.1 MB] || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 40415, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/whats-newwith-earth-today/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2015-01-04T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "What's New with Earth Today", "description": "Explore the latest visualizations of NASA's Earth Observing satellites and the data they collect. NASA researchers are constantly tracking remote-sensing data and modeling processes to better understand our home planet.", "hits": 205 }, { "id": 4245, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4245/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-12-17T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Link between Sea-Ice Fraction and Absorbed Solar Radiation over the Arctic Ocean", "description": "NASA satellite instruments have observed a marked increase in solar radiation absorbed in the Arctic since the year 2000 – a trend that aligns with the drastic decrease in Arctic sea ice during the same period. This visual shows the Arctic Sea Ice Change and the corresponding Absorbed Solar Radiation Change during June, July, and August from 2000 through 2014.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || seaice_solarAbsorption_0344_print.jpg (1024x576) [117.1 KB] || SeaIceSolarAbsorptionChange.webm (1920x1080) [1.2 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || SeaIceSolarAbsorptionChange.mp4 (1920x1080) [12.1 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || source (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || SeaIceSolarAbsorptionChange.m4v (640x360) [2.1 MB] || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 11671, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11671/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-10-07T11:45:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Ice: Past, Present and Future", "description": "Sea ice has covered a portion of the Arctic Ocean for more than 10 million years. But only in the last hundred or so years have advancements in technology—from the beginnings of flight to the dawn of the space age—enabled humans to gain a complete view of the sea ice and an understanding of how it’s changing. Scientific accounts of Arctic sea ice can be traced back to the time of the Roman Empire. Early explorers traveled across land and by sea to witness firsthand the floating sheets of ice that blanket Earth's northern pole. By the mid- to late 20th century, observation of the Arctic’s frozen waters entered a new era. Remote-sensing instruments carried aboard research aircraft and satellites provided enhanced and eventually near-continuous monitoring of sea ice from space. Watch the videos for a closer look at select events in Arctic sea ice exploration. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 11654, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11654/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-09-22T06:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2014 Minimum Extent", "description": "Sea ice acts as an air conditioner for the planet, reflecting energy from the Sun. On September 17, the Arctic Sea ice reached its minimum extent for 2014 — at 1.94 million square miles (5.02 million square kilometers), it’s the sixth lowest extent of the satellite record. With warmer temperatures and thinner, less resilient ice, the Arctic sea ice is on a downward trend.Here is the YouTube video. || ", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 4215, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4215/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-09-22T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "North Polar Sea Ice Minimum, 2014", "description": "Sea ice acts as an air conditioner for the planet, reflecting energy from the Sun. On September 17, the Arctic Sea ice reached its minimum extent for 2014 — at 1.94 million square miles (5.02 million square kilometers), it’s the sixth lowest extent of the satellite record. With warmer temperatures and thinner, less resilient ice, the Arctic sea ice is on a downward trend. The red line in the still image indicates the average ice extent over the 30 year period between 1981 and 2011. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 4204, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4204/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-09-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Small Multiples of NSIDC North Pole Sea Ice Extent", "description": "This is a still image generated from National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) north pole sea ice extent images. These images are arranged in a grid pattern with the years across the top from 1979 to 2014 and the months running down the image from January to December.By glancing at the image, the viewer can quickly see the periods during the year when north pole sea ice extent is at minimum and maximum. It is also easy to see how the sea ice has changed over the years. There is no data for December 1987 and January 1988; these dates are left black. || ", "hits": 73 }, { "id": 4131, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4131/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-01-24T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 1979-2013 with Area Graph", "description": "Satellite-based passive microwave images of the sea ice have provided a reliable tool for continuously monitoring changes in the Arctic ice since 1979. Every summer the Arctic ice cap melts down to what scientists call its \"minimum\" before colder weather begins to cause ice cover to increase. The ice parameters derived from satellite ice concentration data that are most relevant to climate change studies are sea ice extent and sea ice area. This graph displays the area of the minimum sea ice coverage each year from 1979 through 2013. In 2013, the Arctic minimum sea ice covered an area of 4.704 million square kilometers. This visualization shows the expanse of the annual minimum Arctic sea ice for each year from 1979 to 2013 as derived from SSMI data. A semi-transparent graph overlay shows the area in million square kilometers for each year's minimum day. The date shown in the upper right corner indicates the current year being displayed. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 3885, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3885/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-11-29T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Components of the Cryosphere", "description": "This high resolution image, designed for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, shows the extent of the regions affected by components of the cryosphere around the world. Over land, continuous permafrost is shown in a dark pink while discontinuous permafrost is shown in a lighter shade of pink. Over much of the northern hemisphere's land area, a semi-transparent white veil depicts the regions that are affected by snowfall at least one day during the perion 2000-2012. The bright green line along the southern border of this region shows the maximum snow extent while a black line across the North America, Europe and Asia shows the 50% snow extent line. Glaciers are shown as small golden dots in mountainous areas and in the far northern and southern latitudes. Over the water, ice shelves are shown around Antarctica along with sea ice surrounding the ice shelves. Sea ice is also shown at the North Pole, where the 30 year average sea ice extent is shown by a yellow outline. In addition, the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are clearly visible. || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 3877, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3877/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-10-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Dynamic Earth Dome Show - Biosphere", "description": "This visualization was a prototype affiliated with the 'Dynamic Earth', an Earth science planetarium show. The visualization shows the global biosphere and NDVI from the SeaWiFS instrument with MODIS ice and snow overlayed.The images were rendered using a fish eye technique so that they would project properly onto a planetarium dome.Earth scientists are able to measure many of the Earth's 'vital signs', and just like a doctor measures our vital signs to see how healthy we are. Scientists will use these measurements of the Earth to better understand how the Earth functions, how the different systems on Earth interact and how those interactions have set the stage upon which life flourishes. The visualization shows a timeseries of images of SeaWiFS Global Biosphere - the ocean's long-term average phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration acquired between September 1997 and September 2007 combined with the SeaWiFS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index over land. On land, the dark greens show where there is abundant vegetation and tans show relatively sparse plant cover. In the oceans, red, yellow, and green pixels show dense phytoplankton blooms, those regions of the ocean that are the most productive over time, while blues and purples show where there is very little of the microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton. Remote sensing, especially using satellite-mounted colour scanners (SeaWiFS and similar platforms), is advocated for broad-based monitoring of chlorophyll once appropriate algorithms have been developed and proved. The concentration of the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll a (referred to as chlorophyll) in marine waters is a proven indicator of the biomass of phytoplankton, the organisms that constitute the base of the marine food web. Fluorometry provides an estimate of chlorophyll levels in sea water and thus an estimate of primary productivity in the upper part of the water column.For more information on monitoring the Earth from Space with SeaWIFS see http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/TEACHERS/. || ", "hits": 62 }, { "id": 30055, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30055/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-06-27T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Columbia Glacier, Alaska", "description": "The Columbia Glacier in Alaska is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers in the world. These false-color images show how the glacier and the surrounding landscape has changed since 1986. Snow and ice appears bright cyan, vegetation is green, clouds are white or light orange, and the open ocean is dark blue. Exposed bedrock is brown, while rocky debris on the glacier’s surface is gray. By 2011, the terminus had retreated more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) to the north. Since the 1980s, the glacier has lost about half of its total thickness and volume. The retreat of the Columbia contributes to global sea-level rise, mostly through iceberg calving. This one glacier accounts for nearly half of the ice loss in the Chugach Mountains. However, the ice losses are not exclusively tied to increasing air and water temperatures. Climate change may have given the Columbia an initial nudge, but it has more to do with mechanical processes. In fact, when the Columbia reaches the shoreline, its retreat will likely slow down. The more stable surface will cause the rate of calving to decline, making it possible for the glacier to start rebuilding a moraine and advancing once again. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 3813, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3813/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice for the Dynamic Earth Dome Show", "description": "Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover. This animation first shows the advance and retreat of the Arctic sea ice followed by same for the Antarctic sea ice. The sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day average sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running miniimum of the AMSR-E 89 GHz brightness temperature. The animation ends by flying over the Antarctic Peninsula.This was created for a planetarium dome show called Dynamic Earth and is produced in 'domemaster format'. The domemaster format was created by rendering 7 separate 2048x2048 camera tiles. The tiles were then stitched together to form final domemaster at 4096x4096 resolution. Both the tiles and the domemaster were rendered with 16 bits per channel with no gamma correction. Two domemaster layers were generated for this animation: the Earth showing sea ice advancing or retreating rendered with transparency and the star background without transparency.This visualization was shown in the \"VR Village\" at SIGGRAPH 2015. || ", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 4004, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4004/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "National Climate Assessment Annual Arctic Minimum Sea Ice Extents (1979-2012)", "description": "The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a central component of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Every four years, the NCA is required to produce a report for Congress that integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the USGCRP; analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity; and analyzes current trends in global change, both human-induced and natural, and projects major trends for the subsequent 25 to 100 years. A draft of the Third National Climate Assessment report is available on the Federal Advisory Committee website. The final report is slated to be released in 2014. This scientific visualization of annual minimum sea ice area over the Arctic from 1979-2012 is one element of the NCA that highlights findings conveyed in the \"Our Changing Climate\", the \"Alaska and the Arctic\" and the \"Impacts of Climate Change on Tribal, Indigenous, and Native Lands and Resources\" chapters of the draft Third NCA report. This record shows a persistent decline in the minimum extent of Arctic sea ice cover. The satellite observations are from passive microwave sensors and processed using the NASA Team algorithm developed by scientists at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The sensors that collected the data are the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on the NASA Nimbus-7 satellite and a series of Special Sensor Microwave Imagers (SSM/I) and Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounders (SSMIS) on U.S. Department of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites. The data from the different sensors are carefully assembled to assure consistency throughout the 34 year record.This visualization is similar to another developed by NASA, but is based on a slightly different algorithm to process the same sensor data. Both show similar downward trends in minimum sea ice area coverage over this time period. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3991, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3991/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-09-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Ice Yearly Minimum 1979-2012 (SSMI data) with Graph", "description": "The continued significant reduction in the area covered by the summer sea ice is a dramatic illustration of the pronounced impact increased global temperatures are having on the Arctic regions. There has also been a significant reduction in the relative amount of older, thicker ice. Satellite-based passive microwave images of the sea ice cover have provided a reliable tool for continuously monitoring changes in the Arctic ice cover since 1979. The ice parameters derived from satellite ice concentration data that are most relevant to climate change studies are sea ice extent and ice area. This visualization shows the annual September minimum sea ice area in the background and a graph of the ice area values foreground. The ice area provides the total area actually covered by sea ice which is useful for estimating the total volume and therefore mass, given the average ice thickness. For more information about these ice datasets, see The Journal of Geophysical Research VOL. 113, C02S07, doi:10.1029/2007JC004257, 2008This visualization shows the annual Arctic sea ice minimum from 1979 to 2012. A semi-transparent graph is overlaid that shows the area in million square kilometers for each year's minimum day. The '1979', '2007', and '2012' data points are highlighted on the graph.For high resolution still images of the 1979 and 2012 September sea ice minimum, see visualization #3998. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 40124, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/arctic-sea-ice-resources/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2012-08-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice", "description": "Sea ice cover is a key indicator of the Earth's polar climate system.\n\nSee also these vital signs from climate.nasa.gov:\n\nArctic Sea Ice Extent and Ice Sheets", "hits": 555 }, { "id": 30005, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30005/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2012-07-17T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "AMSR-E Sea Ice", "description": "Montage of September sea ice minimum in the Arctic Ocean from 2003 to 2011. || amsre_sept_seaice_2003-2011_print.jpg (1024x575) [145.3 KB] || amsre_sept_seaice_2003-2011.png (4104x2304) [2.3 MB] || amsre_sept_seaice_2003-2011_web.jpg (319x179) [50.4 KB] || amsre_sept_seaice_2003-2011_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || amsre_sept_seaice_2003-2011_web_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [22.8 KB] || bigimage-e_seaice_arctic_amsre_sept.hwshow [222 bytes] || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3944, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3944/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-05-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Pulse of Snow and Sea Ice", "description": "Snow and sea ice in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres pulse at exact opposite times of year, constantly out of phase. || ", "hits": 65 }, { "id": 3893, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3893/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sea Ice Yearly Minimum 1979-2011 (SSMI data)", "description": "The continued significant reduction in the area covered by the summer sea ice is a dramatic illustration of the pronounced impact increased global temperatures are having on the Arctic regions. There has also been a significant reduction in the relative amount of older, thicker ice. Satellite-based passive microwave images of the sea ice cover have provided a reliable tool for continuously monitoring changes in the Arctic ice cover since 1979. The ice parameters derived from satellite ice concentration data that are most relevant to climate change studies are sea ice extent and ice area. This visualization shows the annual September minimum sea ice area in the background and a graph of the ice area values foreground. The ice area provides the total area actually covered by sea ice which is useful for estimating the total volume and therefore mass, given the average ice thickness. For more information about these ice datasets, see The Journal of Geophysical Research VOL. 113, C02S07, doi:10.1029/2007JC004257, 2008This visualization shows the annual Arctic sea ice minimum from 1979 to 2011. A graph is overlaid that shows the area in million square kilometers for each year's minimum day. The '1979','2007', and '2011' data points are highlighted on the graph. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3853, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3853/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice", "description": "Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover.In this animation, the Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from September 4, 2009 through January 30, 2011. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day average sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running miniimum of the AMSR-E 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 3854, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3854/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "AMSR-E Antarctic Sea Ice", "description": "Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover.In this animation, the Antarctic sea ice progresses through time from May 26, 2009 through July 31, 2010. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day average sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR-E 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the Antarctic continent, the LIMA data shown here uses the pan-chromatic band and has a resolution of 240 meters per pixel. The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a data product funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 3862, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3862/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Seasonal Antarctic Sea Ice", "description": "Antarctica is a land mass surrounded by an ocean which allows the sea ice here to move more freely than it does in the Northern Hemisphere. Because there are no surrounding continents to limit its movement, the sea ice is free to float northward into warmer waters where it eventually melts. As a result, almost all of the sea ice that forms during the Antarctic winter melts during the summer. During the winter, up to 18 million square kilometers (6.9 million square miles) of ocean is covered by sea ice, but by the end of summer, only about 3 million square kilometers (1.1 million square miles) of sea ice remain. Antarctic sea ice extent are characterized by fairly large variations from year to year. The monthly average extent can vary by as much as 1 million square kilometers (386,102 square miles) from the year-to-year monthly average. The AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite acquires high resolution measurements of the 89 GHz brightness temperature near the poles. Because this is a passive microwave sensor which is not so sensitive to atmospheric effects, this sensor is able to observe the entire polar region every day, even through clouds and snowfall. The false color in this animation of sea ice surrounding the South Pole is derived from the daily AMSR-E 6.25 km 89 GHz brightness temperature while the sea ice extent is derived from the daily AMSR-E 12.5 km sea ice concentration. The sea ice extent shown is generated using a three day moving average where the daily sea ice concentration is at least 15%. This animation portrays the changes in the sea ice from May 26, 2009 through July 29, 2010. || ", "hits": 255 }, { "id": 10825, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10825/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Big Melt", "description": "Each year, as temperatures dip in the wintertime, new sea ice emerges from cold Arctic waters. By late summer, sea ice extent shrinks as warm ocean temperatures eat away at the ice. This shrink-and-swell rhythm is one of constant change. But in the 30 years since scientists began monitoring Arctic sea ice with satellites, a persistent trend has emerged: Less ice grows back in winter, more ice melts in summer. Year-to-year ups and downs still occur, but the long-term trend comes through clear in the satellite data, and correlates strongly with rising surface temperatures. The end result of this change remains unknown, as Arctic sea ice cover plays a dynamic role in regulating ocean currents, polar ecosystems and even the heat budget of the Earth. The extent of the oldest, thickest ice is now declining at more than 15 percent per decade. Arctic sea ice reached its second smallest extent on record in 2011, opening up the fabled Northwest Passage (shown with a red line). Watch in the visualization below how the Arctic sea ice cap changes throughout a season and now covers far less area than the 30-year average (shown in yellow). || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 10828, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10828/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-09-15T18:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice 2011 Minimum", "description": "Sea ice in the Arctic ocean declines from its near-maximum state in early spring 2011 through the summer and up until the summer minimum of Sept. 9, 2011, in this visualization of data collected by the AMSR-E instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. Sea ice goes through this shrink-and-swell rhythm every year, but since consistent satellite observations began in 1979, both the annual minimum at the end of summer and the annual maximum at the end of winter continue to decline in area and thickness.Arctic sea ice extent on Sept. 9 was 4.33 million square kilometers (1.67 million square miles), placing 2011 as the second lowest minimum ice extent on record. Ice extent was 2.43 million square kilometers (938,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average.Below two versions of the AMSR-E visualization is a video featuring NASA Cryosphere Program Manager Tom Wagner, who shares his insights on the 2011 minimum. || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 3824, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3824/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-03-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice: September 2010 to March 2011", "description": "Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover.In this animation, the Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from the 2010 minimum which occurred on September 17 through March 16, 2011. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day maximum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running maximum of the AMSR-E 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 3802, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3802/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-11-12T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sea Ice Yearly Minimum 1979-2010 (SSMI data)", "description": "The continued significant reduction in the extent of the summer sea ice cover is a dramatic illustration of the pronounced impact increased global temperatures are having on the Arctic regions. There has also been a significant reduction in the relative amount of older, thicker ice. Satellite-based passive microwave images of the sea ice cover have provided a reliable tool for continuously monitoring changes in the extent of the Arctic ice cover since 1979. The ice parameters derived from satellite ice concentration data that are most relevant to climate change studies are sea ice extent and ice area. This visualization shows ice extent in the background and ice area in the foreground. Ice extent is defined here as the integrated sum of the areas of data elements (pixels) with at least 15% ice concentration while ice area is the integrated sum of the products of the area of each pixel and the corresponding ice concentration. Ice extent provides information about how far south (or north) the ice extends in winter and how far north (or south) it retreats toward the continent in the summer while the ice area provides the total area actually covered by sea ice which is useful for estimating the total volume and therefore mass, given the average ice thickness. For more information about these ice datasets, see The Journal of Geophysical Research VOL. 113, C02S07, doi:10.1029/2007JC004257, 2008 In 2007, Arctic summer sea ice reached its lowest extent on record - nearly 25% less than the previous low set in 2005. At the end of each summer, the sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent and what is left is what is called the perennial ice cover which consists mainly of thick multi-year ice flows. The area of the perennial ice has been steadily decreasing since the satellite record began in 1979, at a rate of about 10% per decade.This visualization shows the annual Arctic sea ice minimum from 1979 to 2010. A graph is overlaid that shows the area in million square kilometers for each year's minimum day. The 1979, 2007, and 2010 data points are highlighted on the graph. || ", "hits": 54 }, { "id": 3767, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3767/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-09-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent for 2010", "description": "Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover.In this animation, the Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from March 31, 2010 when sea ice in the Arctic was at its maximum extent, through September 19, 2010, when it was at its minimum. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running maximum of the AMSR-E 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 10597, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10597/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-04-06T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Operation IceBridge's 2010 Arctic Campaign Takes Off: Reporters Package", "description": "NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice, kicked off its second year of study in late March 2010. The IceBridge mission allows scientists to track changes in the extent and thickness of polar ice, which is important to understanding ice dynamics. IceBridge began in March 2009 as a means to fill the gap in polar observations between the loss of NASA's ICESat satellite and the launch of ICESat-2, planned for 1015. Annual missions fly over the Arctic in March and April and over the Antarctic in October and November. 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