Data transformation services through NASA Earthdata Harmony are now available for L2-L4 Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data sets archived at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed ...

Sara Francis/US Coast Guard The NASA NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) and NOAA@NSIDC archive and distribute ...

Access to AMSR-E and AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified data sets in the legacy, on-premises archive at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) will be retired on ...

In addition to retiring the legacy data archive, NSIDC DAAC will end forward processing of SSMIS-based near-real-time data. As a result, these data sets will no longer be updated after 15 January 2026 ...

Beginning October 15, 2025, NSIDC’s Ice Sheets Today services will be reduced because of non-renewed funding. This means no new posts for Ice Sheets Today, limited comparison tools, and reduced user ...

Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC has suspended or reduced several Sea Ice Today tools and services. Discontinued: We use cookies to provide our site securely and reliably; ...

Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC will suspend and reduce several Ice Sheets Today tools and services. Discontinued: We use cookies to provide our site securely and ...

Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 17.81 million square kilometers (6.88 million square miles) on September 17, according to scientists at the National Snow and ...

On September 17, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 17.81 million square kilometers (6.88 million square miles). The 2025 maximum is the third lowest in the 47-year ...

On September 10, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.60 million square kilometers (1.78 million square miles). The 2025 minimum shares the tenth lowest spot in the nearly ...