NOAA Arctic Report Card 2025 : Sea Ice

Meier, W. N.; Petty, A.; Hendricks, S.; Bliss, A.; Kaleschke, L.; Divine, D.; Farrell, S.; Gerland, S.; Perovich, D.; Ricker, R.; Tian-Kunze, X.; Webster, M.

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NOAA Arctic Report Card 2025 : Sea Ice

2025
By Meier, W. N. ; Petty, A. ; Hendricks, S. ; ...
Series: NOAA technical report OAR ARC 25-06 (Arctic Report Card)

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Alternative Title:

Sea Ice
Personal Author:

Meier, W. N. ; Petty, A. ; Hendricks, S. ; Bliss, A. ; Kaleschke, L. ; Divine, D. ; Farrell, S. ; Gerland, S. ; Perovich, D. ; Ricker, R. ; Tian-Kunze, X. ; Webster, M.
Corporate Authors:

Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (U.S.) ; National Snow and Ice Data Center (U.S.) ; University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. ; University of Maryland, College Park. Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center. ; Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung. ; Goddard Space Flight Center. ; Norsk polarinstitutt. ; University of Maryland, College Park. Department of Geography. ; Thayer School of Civil Engineering. ; NORCE Norwegian Research Centre. ; University of Washington. Polar Science Center.
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GOMO (Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing) ; PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
Description:

The Arctic sea ice environment has substantially changed since the publication of the first Arctic Report Card in 2006, which reported on 2005 sea ice conditions. At the end of summer 2025, the ice cover was younger, thinner and 28% less extensive than in 2005. The profound changes in sea ice since 2005 are opening the Arctic to more human activity and bringing to the fore concerns about safety, security, and the environment.
Keywords:

Arctic Ocean Climatic Changes Monitoring Sea Ice Climatic Changes Sea Ice
Series:

NOAA technical report OAR ARC 25-06 (Arctic Report Card)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/mmxf-0r86
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pdf
Document Type:

Technical Report
Place as Subject:

Arctic Ocean
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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