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Image composite of percent sea Ice Concentration of Antarctica on December 1, 2024 from the AMSR-2 instrument aboard the GCOM-W1 platform.

Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration

Image composite from Dec 1, 2024, captured by the AMSR2 instrument aboard the GCOM-W1 platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Dec. 5, 2024
Dr. Philip Brodrick stands before a mountainous and forested landscape.

Dr. Philip Brodrick

NASA has long used imaging spectroscopy to peer into space. Now, scientists are using the technology to take a closer look at Earth.
Data User Story
Feb. 15, 2024
A pressure ridge forms on the sea ice near Scott Base in Antarctica.

Unexpected Ice

Sea ice in the Southern Ocean defies predictions.
Feature Article
Dec. 28, 2020
Photograph of krill

Fleeting Phytoplankton

Along the Antarctic Peninsula, sea ice and phytoplankton are becoming scarce.
Feature Article
Dec. 28, 2020
The image above shows SSM/I sea ice minimum from 1979

Polar Paradox

Melt caused by climate warming may increase sea ice extent in the polar regions.
Feature Article
July 23, 2020
The false color map of the North Pole above shows the percentage of the surface that was covered by ice on August 1, 1983

On Thin Ice

DMSP SSM/I Pathfinder EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures data enhance the feasibility of lake studies for scientists and climate modelers.
Feature Article
July 23, 2020
The image above shows part of a RADARSAT mosaic of Arctic sea ice from April 2009.

Ice Happens

Synthetic aperture radar is used to study transmutations of ice.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
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