News about Ice shelf, Antarctic

March 2024 data is now available from GIOMAS for both Antarctic sea-ice thickness/volume (zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/) and global sea-ice volume (zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice-extent-conc/).

Trends in April #Arctic sea ice thickness over approximately the last four decades. Areas in red correspond to thinning ice... [Simulated data from PIOMAS. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0436.1] pic.twitter.com/gQtfq9MwcP

There are 2 broad categories of glaciers: alpine glaciers and ice sheets. Alpine glaciers are frozen rivers of ice, slowly flowing under their own weight down mountainsides and into valleys. Ice sheets cover entire continents. nsidc.org/learn/parts-cryosphere/glaciers

In late February & early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, the seasonal melt for the 2023-2024 Antarctic Ice Sheet melt season was slightly below the 45-year average. Read the analysis: bit.ly/4aPkjbQ