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had 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 e
by FrustratedMonky 2y ago
had 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...