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NSIDC research Julienne Stroeve spent a winter in the Arctic for the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. Before she left, we sat down for a conversation about her research plans and expectations.
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15 April 2020
A school district in Alaska takes the reins of the Yup'ik Atlas, an online, interactive platform that archives Yup'ik places names and culture passed down from their elders. The Exchange of Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA), a NSIDC program, helps bring the atlas to life and continues to support communities in their ongoing efforts to thwart the loss of knowledge.
31 March 2020
Sean Horvath, a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, gained Arctic research experience by taking part in the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) School. The school is affiliated with the MOSAiC expedition, a $150-million scientific research mission to study the Arctic climate system by freezing a German icebreaker into sea ice for a year.
24 March 2020
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 15.05 million square kilometers (5.81 million square miles) on March 5, 2020, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The 2020 maximum is the eleventh lowest in the 42-year satellite record.
4 March 2020
A new data visualization tool, the Sea Ice Analysis Tool, has just been added to the Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis (ASINA) website. The tool helps users customize sea ice extent and concentration data into graphs or maps based on their chosen criteria.
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The Latest on Snow and Ice
16 July 2020
By July 15, 2020, Arctic sea ice extent was at a record low over the period of satellite... read more
2 July 2020
The Siberian heat wave continued into June with a record high temperature in Verkhoyansk, just... read more
1 July 2020
Spring melting over Greenland was near the long-term average, and concentrated along the... read more
11 June 2020
Snow-covered area and snow cover days in the Western United States were below average in May 2020... read more
2 June 2020
The seasonal decline of Arctic sea ice extent proceeded at a near-average pace in May. Extent... read more
