{"id":2577,"date":"2024-12-06T03:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T01:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-december-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T22:11:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T20:11:42","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-december-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Facts About the Arctic in December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christmas is coming, and even as we speak Snow White is heading for the geographical North Pole to assist Santa\u2019s little helpers in their annual gift delivery mission:<\/p>\n

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Santa at the North Pole in August 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

We\u2019ll start the festive season with a graph of\u00a0JAXA\/ViSHOP extent<\/a>, which is in a \u201cstatistical tie\u201d with 2020 for 2nd lowest for the date in the satellite era:<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the\u00a0PIOMAS gridded thickness data<\/a>\u00a0for the end of November 2024:<\/p>\n

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On November 30th Arctic sea ice volume had increased to 9.99 thousand km\u00b3, 3rd lowest for the date in the PIOMAS record:<\/p>\n

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For comparison purposes, here is the\u00a0\u201cnear real time\u201d\u00a0CryoSat-2\/SMOS merged thickness data<\/a>\u00a0from the Alfred Wegener Institute:<\/p>\n

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Together with the associated volume graph:<\/p>\n

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Watch this space!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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