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Sea Ice in its Ever-Changing Forms

For two months, Cassandra Brooks, a marine scientist with Stanford University,...

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Arctic Exploration

New technology is making it possible for scientists to go where they’ve never...

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Receding Ice Cover

See an animation showing over time, the receding of summer sea ice in the Arctic. ...

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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist

Drilling near the North Pole, Dr. Jan Backman reveals a brief moment in time when...

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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...

Personal Perspectives

Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...

Personal Perspectives

Arctic Sea Ice: A New Low?

At a recent staff meeting a Smithsonian colleague mentioned that one of his...

Climate Change at the Poles

At the ends of the Earth, life thrives despite extreme conditions. In the Arctic...

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Sea Level Rise

The ocean never stops moving. When you visit the beach, waves roll in and recede...