In the winter of 2025, sea ice will reach a historical minimum, with a total extension of 15.76 million square kilometers in the Arctic and the Antarcticaaccording to the satellite images of Copernicus, the Earth Observation Program of the European Union.
According to the images obtained by the Sentinel-3 satellite, on February 15, the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska, shows a lower extension of sea ice compared to previous years.
According to Copernicus, sea ice in the Arctic has been constantly reducing for decades “, while Antarctic ice, which was more stable, has entered into” a new phase of decreasing extension. “
Wild life and global climate suffer the consequences of reduction and changes in sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctica, as is the case of the polar bear, whose population is threatened by the loss of habitat.
Copernicus’s Sentinel satellite information provides precise and frequent data from remote regions, as well as essential information to map the extension of global sea ice, data that help study strategies to address the consequences of climate change.