The SnowEx23 Soil Moisture Sensor Measurements, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains ...

The MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed ...

The SnowEx23 Apr23 IOP Snow Pit Measurements, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains ...

NSIDC and the Snow Today Team are pleased to announce that the Snow Today Daily Snow Viewer web application is displaying a new version of snow properties data and New Zealand has been added as a ...

Representatives from NSIDC will be attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2025, either virtually or in person in New Orleans, to share their expertise in data management and ...

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.

Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 17.81 million square kilometers (6.88 million square miles) on September 17, according to scientists at the National Snow and ...

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 ...

Versions 7 of ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Normalized Relative Backscatter Profiles (ATL04), ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height (ATL06), ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height (ATL08), ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A ...

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 ...

Arctic sea ice extent in May declined at a slightly faster pace compared to average. In Antarctica, the Bellingshausen Sea remains nearly ice free as far south as 72 degrees South by the end of May.

Arctic sea ice extent through most of April changed very little. Only at the end of the month did extent begin to decline. Because the month started with unusually low extent, however, the average ...