The Arctic’s winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring began in 1979.

The Arctic record follows a near-record-low summer minimum in the Antarctic, where seasons are reversed. The 2025 Antarctic sea ice minimum, reached on March 1, was just 1.98 million square kilometers ...

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on ...

The Arctic’s winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring ... about what to expect for sea ice over the summer, including the possibility of a low ...

The Arctic record follows a near-record-low summer minimum in ... US scientists primarily monitor sea ice using satellites from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), which detect ...

当南极海冰达到夏季最小值时，北极海冰覆盖范围也正接近卫星观测史上最低的冬季水平。今年2月中旬，全球海冰覆盖面积比2010年之前的平均水平减少了约250万平方公里（100万平方英里）。这意味着地球缺失的海冰面积足以覆盖美国密西西比河以东的整个大陆区域。

The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 5.53 million square miles of sea ice covering the region at its peak on March 22.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline New technologies are helping to regrow Arctic sea ice on Apr ...

The record-low Arctic maximum extent follows a near-record-low minimum extent of sea ice in the Antarctic, where it is now summer ... annual minimum in the satellite record, alongside 2022 ...

Arctic sea ice extent changes throughout the year. It grows during the winter towards its annual maximum extent – often referred to as its “winter peak” – in February or March. It then melts ...

Specifically, March sea ice extent in the Arctic this month was the lowest in the 47-year satellite record ... an annual cycle of melting during the summer and refreezing in winter.