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30 paź 2024 · Color-coded map of the daily sea ice concentration in the Southern Hemisphere for the indicated recent date along with the contours of the 15% edge during the years with the least extent of ice (in red) and the greatest extent of ice (in orange) during the period from November 1978 to the present.
3 dni temu · Analyze monthly-averaged or daily sea ice extent and concentration via interactive maps. Plot monthly ice extent anomalies, map sea ice concentration anomalies, and more.
During the winter, on average about 18.5 million square kilometers (7.1 million square miles) of ocean is covered by sea ice, but by the end of summer, only about 2.5 million square kilometers (965,000 square miles) of sea ice remain.
Sealevelmap.io is an interactive map exploring global sea level fluctuations spanning the past 135,000 years.
Visualize sea ice extent (area of ocean with at least 15 percent sea ice concentration) data for the Arctic and Antarctic. View and compare sea ice extent data for any year or any combination of years from 1979 to present (including near-real-time daily data).
Up-to-date satellite observations of the sea ice covers of both the Arctic and the Antarctic, along with comparisons with the historical satellite record of more than 4 decades.
Ice, which covers 10 percent of Earth's surface, is disappearing rapidly. Select a topic below to see how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets worldwide.