{"id":2248,"date":"2024-10-03T19:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/2024-antarctic-sea-ice-maximum-extent-finishes-second-lowest\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T23:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:39:57","slug":"2024-antarctic-sea-ice-maximum-extent-finishes-second-lowest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/2024-antarctic-sea-ice-maximum-extent-finishes-second-lowest\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Antarctic sea ice maximum extent finishes at second lowest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On September 19, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 17.16 million square kilometers (6.63 million square miles). The 2024 maximum is the second lowest in the 46-year satellite record above only 2023.<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sea-ice-extent-2023-960x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Map: Arto Vitikka \/ Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. Source: NSIDC, Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere. You may use the map freely provided that the sources are mentioned.\" class=\"wp-image-2273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sea-ice-extent-2023-960x1024.jpg 960w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sea-ice-extent-2023-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sea-ice-extent-2023-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sea-ice-extent-2023.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Map: Arto Vitikka \/ Arctic Centre, University of Lapland.\nSource: NSIDC, Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent &#8211; Northern Hemisphere.\nYou may use the map freely provided that the sources are mentioned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 19, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 17.16 million square kilometers (6.63 million square miles). The 2024 maximum is the second lowest in the 46-year satellite record above only 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2274,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions\/2274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}