Both Arctic and Antarctic #seaice extent remain well below the 30yr climatological average

Concentrations also significantly low

Happy #EarthDay ! Today we take a moment to appreciate the wonders of the #Arctic Ocean, the fragile and unique environment we want to safeguard from threats as the #seaice recedes. 🌍

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The #Svalbard #seaice area from the ice chart for 17th Apr 2024 is 448,608 sq km. This is 46,752 sq km above the 1991-2020 average. #Arctic

Walruses rest on sea ice east of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago.

Walruses depend on sea ice for feeding and resting.

A warming #Arctic is disrupting their normal patterns.

#EarthDay #Walruses #SeaIce
Credit: Christopher Michel via NSIDC

The #Svalbard #seaice area from the ice chart for 19th Apr 2024 is 425,863 sq km. This is 25,961 sq km above the 1991-2020 average. #Arctic

The #Svalbard #seaice area from the ice chart for 18th Apr 2024 is 441,271 sq km. This is 41,646 sq km above the 1991-2020 average. #Arctic

Today is my turn at #EGU2024 . I will present a poster about the dramatic #Antarctic low #seaice extent in 2023. I will be at the poster from 16:30 onward.
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-11…
The corresponding paper can be found here: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Pumping sea water to save the Arctic’s sea ice
#arctic #seaice

naturalworldfund.com/pumping-sea-wa…

#seaice Extent
Percentages at 15 April
1979-2024/2024

Arctic Summer
(+🇧🇷)
🇧🇾+250-.66%/➕334.08%🇵🇪

Antarctic Winter
(-🇧🇷)
🇮🇳-63.80%/➖63.52%🇬🇱

Arctic Year
🇲🇷+108.07%/➕107.46%🇹🇿

Antarctic Year
🇴🇲-4.40%/➕0.83%🇧🇦

Raw data Courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center,

Geoengineering effects needs to be urgently investigated
#geoengineering #SeaIce
naturalworldfund.com/geoengineering…

#seaice Extent
Percentages at 19 April
1979-2024/2024

Arctic Summer
(+🇧🇷)
🇹🇬+247.99%/➕334.87%🇵🇪

Antarctic Winter
(-🇧🇷)
🇦🇷-61.46%/➖61.18%🇸🇩

Arctic Year
🇳🇬+106.92%/➕107.71%🇪🇬

Antarctic Year
🇰🇵➕101.75%/➕107.29%🇺🇿

Raw data Courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center,

Current antarctic sea ice concentration & extent

#Antarctic a #Antarctic #Antarctic Sea #Climate #Climate Change #Earth #ice #ice shelf #nsidc #research #SeaIce #snow #southpole

The #Svalbard #seaice area from the ice chart for 22nd Apr 2024 is 367,268 sq km. This is 31,210 sq km below the 1991-2020 average. #Arctic

Current arctic sea ice concentration & extent

#Alaska #Arctic #Climate #Climate Change #Earth #ice #ice shelf #nsidc #research #Russia #SeaIce #snow

We have the #arctic warming at at least double the global rate and #seaice melting, #reefs all over the world dying from the worst #oceanwarming to date after previous bleaching events, #antarctic areas melting at high rates, old forests dying from heat and more - #globalboiling

#seaice Extent
Percentages at 21 April
1979-2024/2024

Arctic Summer
(+🇧🇷)
🇬🇲+247.16%/➕332.52%🇳🇪

Antarctic Winter
(-🇧🇷)
🇩🇿-60.30%/➖59.65%🇲🇳

Arctic Year
🇵🇰+106.57%/➕106.96%🇻🇪

Antarctic Year
🇫🇮➕104.82%/➕111.52%🇲🇲

Raw data Courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center,

15 April
Arctic/Antarctic Cryosphere

Day 319 of #ElNiño 2023/24 sees 2024 with a greater global #seaice Extent for this date than 2023 & 2017

Km²
1979 (1st) 16,310,000/7,448,000
🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽🇧🇿🇬🇹🇸🇻🇭🇳🇳🇮🇨🇷🇵🇦🇨🇴🇪🇨🇹🇬
2014 (4th) 14,923,000/8,372,000
🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽🇧🇿🇬🇹🇸🇻🇭🇳🇳🇮🇨🇷🇵🇦🇹🇿
1994 (8th)

#ENERGIEWENDE
⬇️ #Seaice 5% über 30-Jahre-Durchschnitt.
Modelle anpassen? Oder was?

The #Svalbard #seaice area from the ice chart for 15th Apr 2024 is 441,272 sq km. This is 34,421 sq km above the 1991-2020 average. #Arctic