Snow albedo, also known as snow brightness, moderated by snow age and dust, declined throughout the month and remained below ...

Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 2.58 million square kilometers (996,000 square miles) on February 26, 2026, according to scientists at the National Snow and ...

earthaccess is a Python library that simplifies authentication, search, and download of data from NASA's Earthdata systems. It allows you to work with Earthdata directly in the cloud or download files ...

Most of the planet’s seasonal snow cover occurs in the Northern Hemisphere, although isolated areas of snow cover exist south of Earth’s equator and outside of Antarctica. Since continuous satellite ...

When the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 launched in late 2018, it brought high-resolution data to a new level. The Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) on the satellite ...

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 ...

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 4.60 million square kilometers (1.78 million square miles) on September 10, 2025, according to scientists at the National Snow and ...

Throughout August 2025, sea ice rapidly melted and compacted north of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, initiated by a warm pulse of air from east Siberia that was sustained by persistent winds from the ...

A strong and persistent melt event occurred in southern Greenland in mid-August 2025, preceded by extensive rain in the same area. Snowfall following the rain events covered the lower elevation bare ...

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 ...

A moderately intense melt season for the Greenland Ice Sheet has continued in July, with an extended period of high temperatures and coastal melting in mid-July. Temperatures at Summit closely ...