For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached 5.52 million square miles (14.29 million square kilometers), very close to the 2025 peak of 5.53 million square miles (14.31 million […]
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Climate Change, Earth, Goddard Space Flight Center, ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)
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March 26, 2026
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