{"id":2607,"date":"2025-01-06T12:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-january-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T23:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:38:28","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-january-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About the Arctic in January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New Year began with\u00a0JAXA\/ViSHOP extent<\/a> lowest for the date in the satellite era, just below 2018 . Since then extent has reduced, and there is now a large gap:<\/p>\n

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The primary reason for this is the remaining open water in Hudson Bay:<\/p>\n

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In previous years Hudson Bay has been covered by sea ice by this time of year, but in 2025 a large area remains unfrozen in early January!<\/p>\n

Due to the\u00a0way PIOMAS handles the leap years the last gridded thickness data<\/a>\u00a0of 2024 is dated December 30th:<\/p>\n

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By December 30th Arctic sea ice volume had increased to 13.61 thousand km\u00b3, 2nd lowest for the date in the PIOMAS record:<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0\u201cnear real time\u201d\u00a0CryoSat-2\/SMOS merged thickness data<\/a>\u00a0from the Alfred Wegener Institute reveals a larger area of thick ice north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, whilst PIOMAS shows thicker ice along the coasts of the islands:<\/p>\n

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CryoSat-2\/SMOS volume is currently 3rd lowest for the date, but likely to be revised upwards when the reanalysed data is released:<\/p>\n

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The DMI modelled Arctic sea ice volume<\/a>\u00a0December monthly graph continues to show Arctic sea ice volume lowest for the time of year:<\/p>\n

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

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