News about Greenland, ice

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 13th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 220,000 km² above the 2010s mean • about 200,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 650,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,010,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/ pic.twitter.com/AVirINa9Z6

Last month observed a sharp contrast in the pattern of temperature anomalies across Antarctica. Sea-ice extent is on the low side, but has not set any new daily record lows in several months. Data from cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/reanalysis-era5-single-levels-monthly-means?tab=overview pic.twitter.com/m4P2J1LJD0

April is the month of most rapid sea ice growth in Antarctica. Sea ice expanded relatively uniformly around the continent, but remained below the average extent in the eastern Weddell Sea and the Ross and western Amundsen Seas. Learn more: bit.ly/4bt8K9X pic.twitter.com/0hl0JtIpMZ

Based on the linear trend, since 1979, April has lost 1.61 million square kilometers (622,000 square miles) of Arctic sea ice, which is roughly equivalent to 6 times the size of Colorado. April 2024 had the highest sea ice extent for the month in 12 years. bit.ly/4bt8K9X pic.twitter.com/bFZJYiC69R