Arctic cooperation can continue without Russia
Finland’s Barents Ambassador Jari Vilén is confident that international cooperation in the far northern region must persist on a Nordic platform. “The Russians were dissatisfied and displeased, to put it that way.” Jari Vilén is the top diplomat that leads…
Arctic sea ice maximum at fifth lowest on satellite record
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.62 million square kilometers (5.64 million square miles) on March 6. The 2023 maximum is the fifth lowest in the 45-year satellite record. NSIDC scientists will present a detailed analysis of…
Facts About the Arctic in March 2023
We’ll come on to the Arctic in a moment, but at more temperate latitudes I am proud to announce that my Cornish alter ego has been officially outed as an “environmental campaigner” by the BBC. Moving pictures of yours truly,…
The 2023 Maximum Arctic Sea Ice Extent
March has arrived, so it’s time to start taking a serious look at where and when the 2023 maximum Arctic sea ice extent will occur. To start with here’s Zack Labe’s overview of previous years’ maxima: Zack’s graph displays the…
New Record Antarctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent
I should of course add “in the satellite era”, but the title is pretty unwieldy as it is! I was up early (UTC) to check the latest JAXA data, and sure enough that confirmed a new record minimum Antarctic sea…
Facts About the Arctic in February 2023
A new month has arrived, and during January several Arctic sea ice metrics have been drifting towards the bottom of their respective decadal ranges. To begin with here is AWI’s high resolution AMSR2 extent graph, which is currently very close…
Facts About the Arctic in January 2023
At the beginning of the New Year all the central regions of the Arctic are now refrozen apart from a small area of the Kara Sea: Most Arctic sea ice metrics are near the middle of their respective ranges over…
Facts About the Arctic in December 2022
A new month is upon us and Christmas is coming! Here’s another look at Lars Kaleschke’s high resolution AMSR2 area and extent graphs for the Arctic as a whole: Extent increase stalled for the last few days of November, and…
Facts About the Arctic in November 2022
A change is allegedly as good as a rest, so here’s an alternative view of high resolution AMSR2 area and extent created using the experimental tools provided by the AWI’s Lars Kaleschke at: https://sites.google.com/view/sea-ice/ After a brief pause mid-month the…
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