Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

Every year, the Arctic freezes. The sea ice of the Arctic reaches its maximum extent every year in March, and then as the season changes to spring, it begins to melt to its minimum about six months ...

Arctic sea ice reached a record low in March 2025, marking the lowest extent in the 47-year satellite record. The shrinking sea ice, attributed to rising global temperatures from burning fossil ...

The sea ice in the Arctic reaches its maximum winter extent in February and March each year. As temperatures rise, it melts until the summer minimum in September. Temperatures then fall again and ...

TOKYO (Bernama-QNA): The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter ... A map provided by the report showed that the sea ice extent in 2017 was significantly lower than 2012 ...

In the Arctic, this year’s maximum ice extent was 31,000 square miles smaller than the previous record, Perovich said – representing enough lost ice to cover the entire state of South Carolina.

"This record low is yet another indicator of how Arctic sea ice has fundamentally changed from earlier decades," said snow and ice data center scientist Walt Meier. He said sea ice extent is ...

The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter of ... A map provided by the report showed that the sea ice extent in 2017 was significantly lower than 2012 levels and the average ...

Meier said sea ice extent is shrinking all four seasons, but the most important season for the overall health of the Arctic ice is the summer. That's because ice-free waters warm up quicker ...