In a joint study conducted by the Japan Space Research Agency (JAXA) and the Japan National Institute of Polar Research, the ice cover in the Arctic was regularly observed via the satellite ‘Shizuku’.
According to the data obtained, the ice cover reached a maximum level with 13.79 million square kilometers on March 20 this year. This number remained below 130 thousand square kilometers of the previous record in 2017, and in the light of the data kept since 1979, it was recorded as the lowest maximum area. Scientists stressed that the average ice area for each month between December 2024 and February 2025 is at the smallest level observed so far.
Jaxa and other institutions analysis teams, the spread of ice in the limited average temperatures above the average, he noted. Stating that the Arctic ice cover is at the lowest level of the last 40 years, JAXA President Yamakawa Hiroshi said that climate change is the main reason for this situation. Yamakawa Hiroshi, “These developments seriously affect the air and maritime environment. As an institution, we will continue our monitoring and analysis work uninterruptedly,” he said.
