Typically, sometime in March every year at the end of the long Arctic winter, the maximum of Arctic sea ice extent is reached. Slowly through spring, then accelerating through summer, most of that ice ...

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 ...

Global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the 2nd warmest on record, extending a remarkable run of exceptional ...

Arctic sea ice melts and regrows over the year, freezing throughout the winter months to reach a maximum extent in late February or March, then melting through the summer to hit a low point in ...

“We used to think starting off on a bad footing” ahead of the Arctic summer “didn’t necessarily mean a very low September sea ice extent”, said Prof Serreze. More snowfall in the ...

Spring is also coming to the Arctic. This means that the winter growth of sea ice ends – and thus a record winter. However, this is a negative record: never before has there been so little ...

Last weekend, on March 22, the Arctic Sea ... Snow and Ice Data Center, part of the University of Colorado Boulder. Though the researchers have stressed that changes in weather and late-season ...