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

Most mountain glaciers outside the polar regions are losing ice, but in the Karakoram Range, glaciers have experienced modest gains. But why? Glaciologists have proposed multiple explanations, currently favoring weather patterns unique to the region. nsidc.org/learn/ask-scientist/karakoram-anomaly-it-real

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

Last December, some of us attended a workshop to discuss glaciological applications for reducing rates of sea level rise. It was a hugely memorable experience! The final report from the workshop is now archived at: zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11115730