Tian Tian, Author at Eos

A researcher kneels on a large piece of sea ice to collect measurements as six other people stand in an inflatable powerboat nearby at the edge of the sea ice. A large, orange-hulled icebreaking vessel sits in the open water beyond the researchers in the boat.

Reliable AI Sea Ice Forecasts Depend on Sustained Observations

by Clare Eayrs, Zachary Labe, François Massonnet, Tian Tian and Malte Müller 9 October 20269 October 2026

Sea ice is a fundamental regulator of Earth’s climate and an increasingly urgent forecast target itself. Can we trust the AI systems now being built to predict it?

Tian Tian

Reliable AI Sea Ice Forecasts Depend on Sustained Observations

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