News about Greenland, ice

For the year as a whole, the average sea-surface temperature (SST) for the ocean across Europe was the warmest on record. Parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the northeastern Atlantic Ocean saw their highest annual average SST on record. wmo.int/publication-series/european-state-of-climate-2023?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=InfoGraphics&utm_campaign=StateOfClimate&utm_id=StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/X2fAStkOfm

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

In this photo captured by Ben Holt in 1987, scientist Frank Carsey drills into the sea ice. NOAA@NSIDC holds a collection of sea ice thickness measurements of the Arctic Ocean from 1879, starting with the fated Jeannette Expedition, to 2016. Learn more: nsidc.org/data/g10011/versions/2 pic.twitter.com/KcGPoHQuMn