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Analysis - Sea Ice Today
October daily sea ice extent went from third lowest in the satellite record at the beginning of the month to lowest on record starting on October 13 through October 30.
Feature Story
What defines a glacier? What are the world’s three largest glaciers? What are the largest glaciers in each region of the world? As often as the rapidly changing cryosphere is making headlines, from stories on dwindling Arctic sea ice to thawing permafrost to melting ice sheets, one would think the answers to these questions would be obvious and easy to find.
Analysis - Sea Ice Today
Arctic sea ice began its autumn regrowth in the last 12 days of September, with the ice edge expanding along a broad front in the western Arctic Ocean.
ELOKA Spotlight
Long before the introduction of weather service forecasts, Inuit read the Arctic sky and environment to predict the weather.
Feature Story
In 2009, Shari Fox of NSIDC, along with hunters, Elders, and research partners in Clyde River, created the Silalirijiit Project, linking Inuit knowledge with climate science and environmental modeling to better understand how weather patterns are changing in the Clyde River area.
Analysis - Sea Ice Today
On September 18, Arctic sea ice reached its likely minimum extent for 2019.