How ARCSIX worked. The ARCSIX plane flew in the summer of 2024, from May until Ag. 16, when seasonal sea ice melt was at its height. The team expected to find ice with a thickness of about 11.5 ...

The region reaches its maximum extent of sea ice in March of each year, which then begins to melt. This process takes roughly six months. The NSIDC said the measurement of sea ice taken Saturday ...

The NSIDC said the measurement of sea ice taken Saturday, March 22, 2025, was 5.53 million square miles — around 30,000 square miles smaller than the lowest previous peak, set in 2017.

Seasonal snowfall is now above average for most of West Michigan and ice coverage has increased on the Great Lakes due to last week's arctic blast. To stream 13OYS on your phone, you need the ...

ANTARCTICA (WKRC) - Scientists determined that the Arctic entered a "new regime" due to the effects of climate change, resulting in more extreme conditions on the surface and the continued melting ...

Summer Arctic sea ice extent is shrinking by 12.2% per decade In 2024, Arctic ice shrank to 4.28 million square kilometers, the seventh-lowest minimum extent in the nearly 46 years that it’s ...

The recent arctic blast has pushed ice cover on the Great Lakes to levels not seen since 2022. Lake Erie in particular has become mostly ice covered in quick order. As of January 23, ice cover has ...

Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low. Just 5.53 million square miles of ice had formed as of March 22, the smallest maximum extent since satellite recordkeeping began in the 1970s.

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, ... Melt madness: Arctic sea ice shrinks to record springtime low. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY. Updated March 28, ...