Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation

Monitoring the Earth's polar ice sheets is important to determining their past, current, and future contributions to sea level rise and to mitigate the resulting impact on coastal populations.

Last month saw the lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice on record for July, according to the European Union's satellite monitoring group.

Scientists develop a combinational approach to more accurately estimate changes in elevation in the Antarctic ice sheet

Nasa scientist says complete collapse of ice shelf as big as Rome during unusually high temperatures is ‘sign of what might be coming’

Arctic Ocean sea ice reached its annual maximal extent on 7 March 2022. Dr Rasmus Tonboe helps us make sense of some...