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Joined September 2008
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
ICYMI: Earth’s sea ice reached a new low in 2025. 🌊🧊 Arctic sea ice cover reached its lowest annual maximum on record and Antarctic sea ice cover was the second-lowest on record in March of 2025. go.nasa.gov/3Y7fZQX
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, an ominous signal about the effects of climate change in the world’s fastest-warming region. wapo.st/4cay5qU
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
🚨 New paper Dust on snow radiative forcing and contribution to melt in the Colorado River Basin Led by P. Naple & S. McKenzie Skiles (U Utah), the research team includes KARL RITTGER & SEBASTIEN LENARD agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Replying to @NASAEarth @NASA @NSIDC
Sea ice forms and spreads in the Arctic every winter. In recent years, less new ice has been forming, and less multi-year ice has accumulated. On March 22, 2025, winter sea ice in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been – 5.53M sq mi (14.33M sq km) – at its annual peak.
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Sea ice update 🌊🧊 Global sea ice hit a record low this winter, @NASA and @NSIDC report. In the Arctic, winter sea ice was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak this year. The Antarctic sea ice minimum was also the second-lowest on record. More: go.nasa.gov/4j4KpuV
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Are you new to climate data? Ready to learn or review some of the basics? Our Climate Data Primer will help you understand and explore climate data and the types of questions it can answer. Visit the Primer: climate.gov/maps-data/climat…
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Join us for a NASA ICESat-2 data training webinar titled "Laser Altimetry Applications for a Changing World: Working with ICESat-2 Bathymetry Data" on Wednesday, April 9 at 2:00 p.m. EDT (-04:00 UTC). Learn more and register here: earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/web… #EarthData #NASA @NSIDC
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
New to remote sensing? 🛰️ NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) offers a free online training course titled "Fundamentals of Remote Sensing." Learn more at earthdata.nasa.gov/news/lear… @NASAARSET #RemoteSensing #EarthData
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
The Arctic is warming four times faster than anywhere else on the planet. Glaciologist Twila Moon, deputy lead scientist at @nsidc.bsky.social, joins us to explain the science behind why the Arctic circle is particularly vulnerable to warming. bit.ly/3FvLnSG
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
The #StateOfClimate report, released today, reveals key climate change indicators again reached record levels in 2024. Check out the full report: wmo.int/publication-series/s…
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Improving NASA’s Snow Data with Citizen Scientists! ❄️ NASA’s X-Snow project is a unique citizen science research effort to validate remote sensing snow measurements and models, leading to a better understanding of snow and winters along the East Coast. Learn more at earthdata.nasa.gov/news/x-sn… @LamontEarth #NASA #CitizenScience #EarthData
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Like many glaciers in the Alps, the Great Aletsch Glacier is retreating and thinning. These #Landsat images show change over the past 40 years. The shortening and narrowing of a glacier’s surface area can indicate a net loss of ice mass. go.nasa.gov/4inoZJB
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Stay up-to-date on CIRES news, announcements, and more — follow our other social media platforms! 🦋 Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/cires.color… 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/ciresnews/ 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/cooperat…
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
The Earth Science Data Roundup for March 2025 is here! This is a summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in February 2025. Explore the roundup here: earthdata.nasa.gov/news/eart… #EarthScience #EarthData #Datasets
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
❄️ February marked an all-time record low for daily global #SeaIce extent: Arctic at 8% below average, Antarctic at 26% below. Get more data insight in the February 2025 Climate Bulletin produced by #C3S climate.copernicus.eu/sea-ic…
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Much of the US is expected to see snow and/or rain next week, including much needed precip for the Southwest and parts of the Plains. Temps: Cooler for CA/Southwest and warmer for TX and most the eastern half of the Lower 48. drought.gov/forecasts @NOAA @NWSCPC @NWS
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
“This paper is really, really important because it provides direct observations of how much water is not immediately making its way out to the ocean.” Twila Moon, deputy lead scientist @NSIDC and researcher at CIRES, co-authored the paper featured in this story!
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
Scientists from NCAS, CIRES, Menapia Ltd, and Polar Field Services are building an innovative polar observatory, which will deliver critical insights into the impacts of climate change in some of the most remote and under-sampled regions of the Arctic. ncas.ac.uk/arctic-hardened-m…
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National Snow and Ice Data Center retweeted
The February 2025 Earth Science Data Roundup is here! Explore the powerful datasets and tools released by our NASA Earth science data centers in January to advance your research. earthdata.nasa.gov/news/eart… #OpenScience #EarthScience #DataSets
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