Sea Ice

Earth
Climate Change
Goddard Space Flight Center
Ice & Glaciers
Sea Ice
Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage shrank to near-historic lows for the third year in a row. The recurring loss hints at a long-term shift in conditions in the Southern Ocean, likely resulting from global climate change, according […]
Posted March 25, 2024
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Cryosphere
Ice & Glaciers
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sea Ice
NISAR will study changes to ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice in fine detail, as climate change warms the air and ocean. NISAR, the soon-to-launch radar satellite from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will measure some key Earth vital signs, from the health of wetlands to ground deformation by volcanoes to the […]
Posted January 10, 2024
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
Earth
Earth Science
Oceans
Sea Ice
Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the latest satellite contributing to a 30-year sea level record that researchers are using to compare this year’s El Niño with those of the past. Not all El Niño events are created equal. Their impacts vary widely, and satellites like the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich help anticipate those impacts on a […]
Posted October 18, 2023
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