Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago ... ice cover at both poles has pushed global sea ice cover to an all-time minimum.” “Averaging ...

The Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2025 saw the lowest sea ice maximum extent in the 47-year ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Arctic winter sea ice reached a record low maximum extent of 14.45 million km 2 on March 21, 2025, over a million km 2 below the long-term average. Warmer air ...

T he winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on 21 March 2025 was lower than at any time since continuous satellite ...

This data continues to show a downward trend in ice cover: over the last 40 years, winter sea ice coverage has fallen by roughly 2.5% per decade, attesting to the long-term impact of climate change on ...

A warming Bering Sea kept ice away from this Alaskan island — leading to the closure of a crab processing plant and fraying ...

The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level ... conditions are frigid and much of the ocean is frozen over. But just 5.53 million square miles of ice had ...

Spring is also coming to the Arctic ... Thomas Krumpen, sea ice physicist at the AWI. However, the cause of the decline is the comparatively high air temperatures last winter.