Increasing summer ice melt in the Arctic Ocean could shift global weather patterns and make polar waters more navigable. But scientists say forecasting Arctic ice and weather remains a massive challenge. The prospect of more ice-free water during Arctic Ocean summers has triggered efforts to improve ice and weather forecasts at the top of the world
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Scientists chuck instruments off planes into cracks in Arctic sea ice
As sea ice disappears in the Arctic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard is teaming with scientists to explore this new frontier by deploying scientific equipment through cracks in the ice from airplanes hundreds of feet in the air.
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The Narwhal’s Tale: Surviving Sea Ice Change
Read about Kristin Laidre’s on going research focused on narwhal’s and how they are affected by changes in ice cover in Baffin Bay in NOAA’s ClimateWatch magazine.
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21st-century evolution of Greenland outlet glacier velocities
An article written by T. Moon, I. Joughin, B. Smith and I. Howat from Science/AAAS journal.
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North Pole Environmental Observatory 2012 deployment is complete
The NPEO team members have from the Russian annual ice station Barneo. Learn more about this multi-year project and read updates from the field..
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A New Unified Sea Ice Thickness Climate Data Record
This new data set is a concerted effort to collect as many observations of sea ice thickness as possible in one place with consistent formats and with clear and abundant documentation. It will allow the community to better utilize what is now a considerable body of observations from moorings, submarines, aircraft, and satellites.
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Arctic Sea Ice Volume Anomaly
The Arctic Sea Ice Volume Anomaly time series is calculated using the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) developed at APL/PSC. Updates will be generated at approximately monthly intervals.
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