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Map of Arctic ice extent on the day of its annual maximum

Arctic Sea Ice Below Average in Winter 2023

03.22.2023
The end-of-winter sea ice extent in March 2023 was the fifth lowest in the satellite record.
sea levels (in blue) from data recorded by a series of five satellites starting in 1993. The solid red line shows the trajectory of rise from 1993 to 2022, illustrating that the rate of rise has more than doubled. By 2040, sea levels could be 3.66 inches (9.3 cm) higher than today

NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising Seas

03.17.2023
Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. Since satellites began observing sea surface height in 1993 , the average global sea level has increased by 3.6 inches (9.1 cm), according to NASA’s Sea Level Change Team.
Map of Antarctica sea ice at lowest extent on February 21, 2023

Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Another Record Low

03.16.2023
The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is still flat, while the global trend points downward.
Chelsea Parker on a glacier

To Celebrate Women’s History Month, NCCS Spotlights the Career of Dr. Chelsea Parker from NASA’s Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory

03.14.2023
To honor and celebrate Women's History Month, this story focuses on the unique journey of one of NASA Goddard’s most versatile, adventurous, high-energy, and hard-working research scientists, Dr. Chelsea Parker — in her own words. Parker uses NCCS high-performance computing resources to study the atmosphere and ice in polar regions.
NOAA-20 satellite image of ice cover on Great Lakes

Great Lakes Low on Ice

02.17.2023
This winter, ice cover in the basin has hovered at unusually low levels.
Cover of Spinoff 2023

NASA Spinoffs Bolster Climate Resilience, Improve Medical Care, More

01.31.2023
The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features dozens of new commercialized technologies that use the agency’s technology, research, and/or expertise to benefit people around the globe. It also includes a section highlighting technologies of tomorrow.
Landsat 8 satellite detailed image of Iceberg A-81 drifting in the Weddell Sea

Antarctic Iceberg on the Move

01.28.2023
After breaking from the Brunt Ice Shelf, Iceberg A-81 and other pieces of ice drift south with the Weddell Gyre.
Terra satellite image of Brunt Ice Shelf

Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf Finally Breaks

01.25.2023
A long-watched rift has spawned an iceberg about twice the size of New York City.
Landsat 9 satellite image of sea ice in the Weddell Sea

Clear Days for Iceberg Spotting

01.11.2023
The summer sky was unusually cloud-free when NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Antarctic Peninsula.
Still from animation depicting Northeast Greenland Ice Stream Cumulative Thinning since 2007

Thinning of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream

01.07.2023
Greenland’s largest ice stream is expected to contribute more to sea level rise than models previously indicated.
Aqua satellite false-color image of flooding in California

Floodwater Inundates North-Central California

01.04.2023
Heavy rain and levee breaches triggered flooding in parts of Sacramento and the Bay Area.
Aqua satellite natural-color image of blizzard conditions across U.S. upper Midwest

Blizzard Conditions in the U.S. Northeast

12.28.2022
An Arctic cold front swept across the Great Lakes and brought fierce winds and potent lake-effect snow.
CISTO Chief and SMCE Government Manager Dr. Daniel Duffy presenting in front of the NASA hyperwall during Supercomputing 2022

NASA’s SMCE Team Helps Scientists Develop Collaborative Cloud Computing Projects

12.21.2022
An agile team of computer experts at NASA Goddard helps scientists collaborate and develop Open Science projects in astrophysics, Earth science, biology, and heliophysics by creating the SMCE managed cloud environment for science.
Image of moon over Earth's atmosphere

NASA Press Events at 2022 Fall AGU Meeting

12.08.2022
NASA researchers will be presenting findings on Earth and space sciences Dec.12-16 at the American Geophysical Union's 2022 Fall meeting, being held virtually and in Chicago this year.
Photo of ice in the Weddell Sea

Phytoplankton May Be Abundant Under Antarctic Sea Ice, Study Suggests

11.28.2022
A decade ago, scientists on a NASA-sponsored ocean expedition found massive populations of phytoplankton blooming beneath sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Now scientists using underwater instruments and a NASA satellite have found evidence of potentially significant blooms beneath the sea ice encircling Antarctica.
Terra/Aqua MODIS image of Arctic cyclone over the Arctic Ocean

Arctic Cyclones to Intensify as Climate Warms, NASA Study Predicts

11.15.2022
NASA scientists project spring Arctic cyclones will intensify by the end of this century because of sea ice loss and rapidly warming air and water surface temperatures.
Image of Mount Terror with elevation map profile below it

A Mountain of Terror?

10.29.2022
The Antarctic volcano is not as terrifying as its name implies.
Image of FY21 NASA Economic Report

NASA’s Economic Benefit Reaches All 50 States

10.27.2022
NASA released the results of its second agencywide economic impact report on Thursday, demonstrating how its Moon to Mars activities, investments in climate change research and technology, as well as other work generated more than $71.2 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2021.
Three images of Greenland depicting Rate of Elevation Change (m/yr)

Taking Stock of Edgy Parts of Greenland

09.30.2022
Loss of ice at the periphery of the Greenland Ice Sheet was often discounted; recent research suggests it should not be.
Still from animation depicting Arctic summer sea ice

2022 Arctic Summer Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record

09.22.2022
According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 18, 2022.
Natural-color Landsat 8 image of Greenland

A Half-Century of Loss in Northwest Greenland

08.30.2022
A pair of Landsat images acquired 49 years apart reveals where the region’s glaciers and ice caps have retreated and narrowed.
Image of Arctic sea ice floating in Wolstenholme Fjord in northwestern Greenland in July 2022

NASA Ice Scientists Take Flight from Greenland to Study Melting Arctic Ice

07.11.2022
Over the next two weeks, a handful of NASA scientists will be living very different lives from the rest of us: they will board a research plane in Greenland alongside laser instruments to help calibrate NASA’s space-based measurements of Arctic ice.
Artist illustration of ICESat-2 lasers measuring ice shelf

NASA Approves Continuation of ICESat-2 After 3+ Years of Big Results

06.28.2022
As ICESat-2 mission receives the green light to continue operation after successfully completing its three-year primary mission, scientists highlight what it has already discovered.
Montage of images showing A-68A thickness over years

Tracking the Demise of a Giant Antarctic Iceberg

05.25.2022
Scientists recently chronicled the death throes of A-68A, one of the world’s largest-known icebergs.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Peyto Glacier in August 2021

Losing a Long-Watched Glacier

05.03.2022
Scientists have been observing Peyto Glacier in Alberta since the 1960s.

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