The SnowEx23 Time-Lapse Imagery, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). The data set contains time-lapse ...

Data transformation services through NASA Earthdata Harmony are now available for L2-L4 Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data sets archived at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed ...

Sara Francis/US Coast Guard The NASA NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) and NOAA@NSIDC archive and distribute ...

Access to AMSR-E and AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified data sets in the legacy, on-premises archive at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) will be retired on ...

Beginning October 15, 2025, NSIDC’s Ice Sheets Today services will be reduced because of non-renewed funding. This means no new posts for Ice Sheets Today, limited comparison tools, and reduced user ...

Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC has suspended or reduced several Sea Ice Today tools and services. Previously-published Sea Ice Today analysis posts will remain online.

On September 17, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 17.81 million square kilometers (6.88 million square miles). The 2025 maximum is the third lowest in the 47-year ...

On September 10, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.60 million square kilometers (1.78 million square miles). The 2025 minimum shares the tenth lowest spot in the nearly ...

Throughout August 2025, sea ice rapidly melted and compacted north of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, initiated by a warm pulse of air from east Siberia that was sustained by persistent winds from the ...

From the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder Sea ice is one of the key indicators of planet-wide ...

A strong and persistent melt event occurred in southern Greenland in mid-August 2025, preceded by extensive rain in the same area. Snowfall following the rain events covered the lower elevation bare ...

At the end of July 2025, daily sea ice extent in both hemispheres ranked third lowest in the 47-year satellite record. For most of the month, Arctic sea ice extent tracked close to levels recorded for ...