A new look at the Arctic sea ice record reveals that the current ice cover is younger and thinner than at any time in the last 60 years. About 70 percent of Arctic sea ice is now seasonal, forming and melting within one single year. This thinner, younger ice is more susceptible to breakup and warmer temperatures. The record combines data from satellites and declassified submarine sonar measurements and stretches back to 1958. Since that time, Arctic sea ice cover has lost about two-thirds of its

Arctic sea ice has reached its peak winter extent for the year, and it’s the lowest winter maximum on record. Learn more: http://1.usa.gov/1xCbR5Q | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Peak Arctic sea ice for the winter of 2021 tied for the seventh-lowest on record. NASA Earth data shows that the Arctic region is warming more than three times as fast as the globe over the last 30 years: https://go.nasa.gov/31xmrCW | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The arctic is melting, uncovering new shipping routes and resources that were previously closed off to nations like Russia, Norway, and the US. The tangled borders below the ice are pushing each to act quickly to lay claim to this new ocean at the top of the globe. Here's how the dynamic is playing in out in Svalbard, one of the northern-most inhabited places on Earth. | Vox

NOAA Ocean Exploration has been leading or supporting expeditions since 2001 that have resulted in the discovery of everything from underwater volcanoes and landslides to cold seeps and steppe features. These and other geological findings help to shift our understanding of the basic processes that govern and shape our planet. Learn more: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/20years/geology.html [About the video: In 2014, while exploring in the Gulf of America, we discovered flower-like extrusions of a