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So one has to go to Twitter to see an actual graph. Which has a massive spike in ice gain for the season 2020-2021 too. But maybe that is not that interesting.

• vegetablepotpie 5y ago
  Would you mind sharing a link to the plot?
  • tpmx 5y ago
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7cdhgDXIAIkNHm?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7cdhgDXIAIkNHm?format=jpg&name=...
    • quenix 5y ago
      Hm, interesting. This seems to indicate that we gained ice for the entirety of September — June without a single major melting episode.
      • dandelany 5y ago
        That is the case every year, as indicated by the grey mean in the background of the chart. Point is, we gained ice at a lower-than-average rate during “gains season” and now we’re losing ice at a greater-than-average rate during “melt season”.
        • the-dude 5y ago
          > Point is, we gained ice at a lower-than-average rate during “gains season” and now we’re losing ice at a greater-than-average rate during “melt season”. The article does not claim any of this.
    • afterburner 5y ago
      There's two images https://twitter.com/PolarPortal/status/1420636674309165058 https://twitter.com/PolarPortal/status/1420636674309165058
  • afterburner 5y ago
    The other guy only linked one of the images. https://twitter.com/PolarPortal/status/1420636674309165058 https://twitter.com/PolarPortal/status/1420636674309165058
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• Retric 5y ago
  > But maybe that is not that interesting. That’s common, you gain ice from storms which are fairly random. This is why the most days are below the average accumulation from historic data but the line is full of spikes. Melting on the other hand tends to be much more steady.