News about Greenland, ice

ICESat-2 Derived Sea Ice Melt Pond Characteristics from the Density-Dimension Algorithm, V3, is now available at the NSIDC DAAC. This data provides locations and depths of melt ponds in the Multi-Year Arctic Sea Ice Region. Learn more and get data: bit.ly/3JVd0U2

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 120,000 km² above the 2010s mean • about 370,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 810,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,270,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/ pic.twitter.com/iucYZb3OFH

April 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/). No new monthly records.

Animation of @ESA_EO #Sentinel1 Extra-Wide mode images of Brunt Ice Shelf covering the three major calving events over the last 3.5 years. The ice shelf is now at its smallest recorded extent pic.twitter.com/ftewkf10UQ