A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its ...

The distribution of ATLAS/ICESat-2 expedited latency “Quick Look” data sets for ATL07 and ATL10, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSI ...

Is the Arctic getting more humid over time, releasing more water vapor into the atmosphere? This interactive map shows how the amount of water vapor in the Arctic atmosphere each month compares to the ...

There are many ways to access and work with NSIDC data to accommodate a wide range of users. Use the filter menu to explore and narrow down your options. Note that the list defaults to show our ...

The Antarctic files from the ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Gridded Antarctic and Arctic Land Ice Height, Version 4 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive ...

One file, SNEX23_Lidar_Raw_CPCRW_SWATH01_20230311.laz, from the SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar Scans Raw. Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active ...

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set. Such a practice gives credit to data set producers and advances principles of transparency and reproducibility. Other ...

The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) was established in 1999 by the International Permafrost Association to provide long-term field observations of active layer and permafrost thermal ...