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2023 snow assessment is now available
2023 snow assessment is now available

A snow assessment for 2023 is now available at https://globalcryospherewatch.org/assessments/snow/2023/. 

Early opening of Northwest Passage
Early opening of Northwest Passage

On 29 August 2022, satellite data revealed the opening of the northern route of the Northwest Passage (NWP). The most recent year in which this route was open by this date was in 2011. Sea ice area in the northern NWP route was well below average but above the 2011 record low. The ice area in the southern route was also below normal. Read more at https://globalcryospherewatch.org/interesting/archive/nwp2022/.

A snow assessment for winter 2021-2022 is available
A snow assessment for winter 2021-2022 is available

See the new snow assessment for the 2021-2022 winter at https://globalcryospherewatch.org/assessments/snow/2022/. The assessment covers the Northern Hemisphere, subtropical Andes, and the Swiss Alps.

New ice age product in Cryosphere Now
New ice age product in Cryosphere Now

Graphics of sea ice age from Japan"s National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) and JAXA are now available on the Cryosphere Now section of the GCW website (https://globalcryospherewatch.org/state_of_cryo/seaice/). The product is available for both the Arctic and Antarctic, with age displayed in years and in days.