Preliminary results suggest this year’s maximum extent of sea ice cover is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) at the University of Boulder ...

“As the sea ice melts, more solar radiation is absorbed by the ocean, because you don’t have this protective cover of the sea ice,” he said. Last month’s record low for the global sea ice ...

Antarctic sea ice was 26% below average, and Arctic ice cover was 8% below average. February was 1.59°C hotter than pre-industrial times, marking the third hottest February on record.

The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 5.53 million square miles of sea ice covering the region at its peak on March 22 ...

The 2024-2025 Great Lakes ice season has seen near-normal ice cover, a change from recent years with record lows. Ice cover peaked in February at just over 50% due to a polar vortex. Climate ...

Global sea ice cover reached a historic low in February, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, with temperatures spiking up to 11C above average near the North Pole as the world continued its ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...

That happened in the 2001-2002 season. The second shortest duration on record was the 2023-2024 season with only 44 days of ice cover. Though the numbers are not final for 2024-2025, Paul Dearlove ...