News about ice

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 40,000 km² above the 2010s mean • about 350,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 760,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,220,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/ pic.twitter.com/B608V803wv

My first update of 2024 for changes in land ice mass observed by GRACE(-FO) satellite in Antarctica (left) and Greenland (right) 🧊📉 Methods can be found from @NASAClimate at climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/ice-sheets/. My visualization can also be downloaded: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/ pic.twitter.com/aHaWXEwcHB

ICYMI, daily Greenland Ice Sheet melt graphics are back for the 2024 melt season! These graphics, including a Greenland daily melt map, Greenland cumulative melt days map, and Greenland melt extent graph, are available on our Ice Sheets Today page: nsidc.org/ice-sheets-today pic.twitter.com/pgc3vMDLkW

First Little Ice Age (~1850 CE) complete glacier inventory for the Alps! 🧊🏔️👏 ❌Almost 60% area loss btw LIA (4211 km²) and 2015 (1806 km²) ❌65% volume loss ❌1832 gl. disappeared ❌143 m rise med. gl. elevation ❌3x higher loss rate after 2000 CE egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-989/ 1/ pic.twitter.com/yazNNsWcPj