Arctic Sea Ice Continues to Decline

Sea ice at the top of the planet continued to shrink and thin in 2024, consistent with an ongoing 46-year downward trend.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Arctic Sea Ice Continues to Decline.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Story by James Riordon/NASA’s Earth Science News Team, adapted for Earth Observatory.

Published March 26, 2024
Data acquired March 14, 2024

Sources:: DMSP > SSM/I; DMSP > SSMIS; Nimbus 7 > SMMR