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It's been less than 10 years since they had an all time high for summer sea ice extent.
by soperj 2y ago
It's been less than 10 years since they had an all time high for summer sea ice extent.
- FrustratedMonky 2y agohad to check. confirmed. article "As recently as September 2014, Antarctic sea ice set an all-time record-high extent. The consecutive string of low sea ice extents in recent years, however, are not easily explained by natural climate variability." https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/antarctic-sea-ice-summer-minimum-ties-second-lowest-record-2024#:~:text=As%20recently%20as%20September%202014,shift%20in%20Antarctic%20sea%20ice https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/antarcti.... The article describes maybe a larger oscillation between highs and lows is occurring.
- Arnt 2y agoVolume doesn't seem to have been particularly high in 2014, though. Here's a graph of estimated ice volume since 1979: https://psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/schweiger/ice_volume/BPIOMASIceVolumeAnomalyCurrentV2.1.png https://psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/schweige...