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Sea ice is seawater that freezes and floats on the ocean's surface. It can be classified by whether it is fast or drift ice, and by its age, from new ice to old ice.
Sea ice is frozen seawater in the Arctic and Antarctic oceans and adjacent seas. It has various types, such as pack ice, fast ice, and marine ice, and undergoes seasonal changes in extent and albedo.
Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface and influences polar climate and ecosystems. Learn how sea ice forms, melts, and affects the Earth's albedo, circulation, and weather.
Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Sea ice is formed entirely in the ocean, unlike icebergs, which originate from land-based sources like glaciers and ice sheets.
Sea ice is frozen seawater which floats on the surface of the ocean. Sea ice occurs in both the Arctic and Antarctic where little or no sunlight means that atmospheric conditions...
These data sets show grids of sea ice concentrations, as well as summaries using data from SMMR, SSM/I, and SSMIS depicting annual cycles of ice extent (areas with at least 15 percent ice cover), ice covered area (the ocean area actually covered by ice), and departures from monthly averages.
Sea Ice forms within the polar oceans when the seawater temperatures reach the local freezing point. Sea ice moves by winds and currents and is subject to large-scale motion and local-scale deformation. The sea ice cover in the polar oceans play a fundamental role in the global climate and oceanographic system.
