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Wait and see in the Arctic: In June, the sea-ice development was on the same course as in the record-low year 2012. The weeks to come will tell us what happens next. Sluggish new-ice formation in the

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

In the Arctic, young and thin ice is melting rapidly and on a large scale; in the Antarctic, unusually warm air masses are slowing the formation of new ice in key regions. Remote sensing of sea ice: I

The Arctic: Pronounced high- and low-pressure systems intensified the Beaufort Gyre and accelerated sea-ice export in Fram Strait. In the Laptev Sea, the combination of these factors led to an early b

Markedly low levels of winter sea ice in the Barents Sea and Bering Sea; Arctic is losing substantial amounts of older sea ice through Fram Strait In Svalbard, meteorologists observe rapid temperature

Very little winter sea ice in the Arctic, trend of the past few months continues Slow summer melting in the Antarctic prevents above-average ice loss AWI researchers survey the distribution and origin

On 1 January 2024, the sea-ice extent in the Arctic was 12.54 million square kilometres – just 70,000 square kilometres more than on the last day of December in 2016. New AWI study: The more the perce

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,

The Arctic: Warm surface water accelerates sea-ice melting in the Barents Sea The Antarctic: Declining sea-ice cover on the Bellingshausen Sea Research: Polaris 1, Tara Polar Station’s first drift exp

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