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The Arctic: In November, there was unusually little sea ice in the Barents Sea, western Kara Sea, Hudson Bay and, to the west of Greenland extending high into the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Atmosphe

The Arctic: In the first half of the month, there was only ice growth in the western part of the Arctic Ocean. The monthly mean value comes in at ninth place among the lowest monthly mean values for A

The different ice regimes in the Arctic in summer were successfully characterised and their melting was described. This summer, there was a particularly large amount of open water in the North Atlanti

Significant melting and breakup of the ice pack in regime 1 in the marginal ice zone Rain accelerates ice melting Ecological studies highlight the connection to physical ice and ocean condition Substa

Floe 1 disintegrates and drifts into Russian waters New floe studied in Regime 1 US team investigates optical properties of sea ice from above and below Various elements of ice melting The aim of CONT

During an Arctic reconnaissance flight on 14 June 2021, polar researchers made an unusual discovery: trapped in the white pack ice of Fram Strait, they found an iceberg covered with a layer of black r

The Arctic: Because winds scattered the ice of the eastern Arctic, the sea-ice extent, at 5.6 million square kilometres, was moderate. Powerful winds and ice migration, plus a warmer ocean, explain th

Data gap partly remedied: The Sea Ice Portal can once again offer monthly mean-value maps of air temperatures in the Arctic and Antarctic – now on the basis of the global atmospheric reanalysis ERA5,

Lack of atmospheric data makes it difficult to draw conclusions on the potential causes of the current sea-ice developments in the Arctic and Antarctic Wet snow and less sea ice in the vicinity of Sva

Antarctica: For the third consecutive winter, exceptionally low sea ice forms during the winter months; satellite data record the third smallest extent since measurements began. A new study provides c