Polar Ice Caps

Arctic Sea Ice; Antarctic Ice Shelves; Related News, Analysis and Links

Daily image update

Sea ice data updated daily, with one-day lag. Orange line in extent image (left) and gray line in time series (right) indicate 1979 to 2000 average extent for the day shown. Click for high-resolution image. Learn about update delays, which occasionally occur in near-real-time data. Read about the data.  Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center

OceanView

Sea Surface Temperatures

GOES Floater Imagery – 30 minute updates

Atlantic Views GOES-East

Atlantic Wide View Infrared Image

Western Atlantic IR (color enhanced) Image

GOES-West

Pacific Wide View Infrared Image

North East Pacific IR (color enhanced) Image

Above Images: NOAA National Hurricane Center

GOES satellite images: GOES 12 infrared image

Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

See also Weather for more images.

GOES East – Eastern U.S. Imagery

An aviation color enhancement of a satellite image. GEOS Eastern U.S. Imagery, NOAA SSD.
[Updated every 30 minutes.]

GOES West – West U.S. Coast Imagery

An aviation color enhancement of a satellite image. GEOS West West U.S. Coast Imagery, NOAA SSD.
[Updated every 30 – 60 minutes.]

Other Images

[To view full size image, right-click on the target image and choose View Image ]

MTSAT Tropical Imagery: West Pacific – Wide View

MTSAT Tropical Imagery: East & Central Pacific – Wide View

GOES Northeast Pacific Imagery

GOES West – Central Pacific Imagery

MTSAT Northwest Pacific Imagery

GOES Eastern East Pacific Imagery

GOES East Full Disk Pictures

GOES East Full Disk – images are updated every three (3) hours.

GOES West Full Disk – images are updated every three (3) hours.

From the Indian Ocean Date Coverage (IODC) – Images are updated every six (6) hours

MTSAT – Fulldisk Global Images (Images are updated every hour)

METEOSAT- Fulldisk Global Satellite Images (Images are updated every six (6) hours)

Western Conus Sector (Infrared Channel) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
[For IR data, the highest pixel values correspond to the coldest temperatures.]

Related Links:

• Anthropogenic Hell Melting Icebox Posted on September 13, 2012
• Image of the Day: ASIE Posted on September 7, 2012

• Arctic Sea Ice Extent Could Fall to 3M Km² Posted on September 3, 2012
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent Down to 3.87M km² and Melting Posted on August 31, 2012
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent Breaks Record Low and Melting Posted on August 28, 2012
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent Rapidly Decreasing Posted on August 21, 2012
• Arctic sea ice may fall to record lows Posted on September 7, 2011

• 2011 warmest year with La Niña event Posted on November 30, 2011
• The Balding Arctic Sea Posted on October 6, 2010
• Arctic Ice Affects Global Climate, Weather Posted on March 17, 2010
• 133,000,000 Wise Monkeys Posted on March 16, 2010
• December Ocean Temperature 2nd Warmest Posted on January 23, 2010
• Ice of the Past Posted on January 17, 2010
• Decadal Temp Avg Up by 74 pct on 1990s Posted on December 9, 2009
• Polar Ice Caps Posted on September 18, 2009
• Arctic ice cover third-smallest area on record Posted on September 18, 2009

• Arctic Warmest in 2000 Years Posted on September 3, 2009
• Another Ocean Record Broken Posted on August 19, 2009
• Arctic Tundra 4ºC Hotter Since 1970 Posted on July 30, 2009
• Eco-Terrorists on Thin Ice Posted on April 7, 2009
• Guess what, the Arctic temps are 5 ºC warmer! Posted on October 17, 2008
• A Haiku for Earth Posted on September 10, 2008
• Arctic ice cover second-lowest on record Posted on August 28, 2008

• Arctic sea ice has thinned dramatically Posted on July 8, 2009
• Arctic Sea Ice: Likely Record-Low Volume Posted on October 4, 2008
• Critically Endangered Species: Arctic Sea Ice Posted on September 10, 2008

• Drunken Forest Posted on June 11, 2008
• Tipping Point: Here and Now! Posted on April 30, 2008
• Selected Headlines Posted on April 7, 2008

• Climate Change: For what you’re about to receive…
• Arctic Warmest in 2000 Years
• Another Ocean Record Broken
• US glaciers shrinking dramatically
• Alaska: One Fire Away From Exporting Charcoal

• Alaska on Fire
• Arctic Tundra 4ºC Hotter Since 1970
• US Gov Releases Intelligence Images of Arctic Ice
• Strong Quake Strikes Baffin Bay
• Airlines

• The Deadly Dozen, the Dirty Dozen, the Dozen Dozen
• Eco-Terrorists on Thin Ice
• Emerging Patterns of Vanishing Ice Shelves
• STOP Killing Our Oceans!
• Possible Thule Eruption Disastrous for Antarctic Ice

• Alp-sized mountain range encased in Antarctic ice
• Climate Change Finals – CO2: 392 Human Chances: 0
• Image of the Day: Antarctica
• Warmer temperatures destroy forests faster
• If You Thought Antarctica, Too, Must Be Warming

• Earth’s Climate: A Solar Powered System
• WILKINS ICE SHELF IS “HANGING BY A THREAD”
• Ice Melt in Alaska, Antarctica, Greenland Accelerating
• Guess what, the Arctic temps are 5 ºC warmer!
• Antarctic Ozone Depth Down to 100 DU

• Arctic Sea Ice: Likely Record-Low Volume
• Does your mother shoot moose, too?
• Critically Endangered Species: Arctic Sea Ice
• A Haiku for Earth
• Canada’s Ice Shelves Lose Quarter of their Cover

• Palin’s Polar Pests Love Their Cubs, Too!
• Arctic ice cover second-lowest on record
• 3 million acres of spruce killed in Alaska in 15 years
• World CO2 Emissions
• Hilarious Polar Bear News!

• Oh, PLEEZE!
• This’s Got to Be the Year of Radioactive, Chemical and Oil Spills, Too!
• WhaleWatch
• Sea Surface Height Variations
• Is 350 ppm Safe? Hell, NO!

• A Few Extreme Events Away
• Drunken Forest
• Don’t Worry, it’s Only Earth
• Penguins DDT Contamination Levels Still High
• Tipping Point: Here and Now!

• Arctic Marine Mammals on Thin Ice
• Arctic Melting FAST!
• Freshening of deep Antarctic water could prove catasterophic
• Bering Sea Drilling
• A Fast-Warming World

• Oceans, Where Life Started, Are Dying – Part III
• Thought You Were “Safe?”
• Stop the Arctic Madness!
• Greenland Ice Melt Faster Than IPCC Estimates
• More Eco-Terrorism in Antarctica

• Pregnant Women, Eat Fish! Don’t Eat Fish!
• World Oceans in Extreme Danger
• Our Oceans: Wild Facts Series