{"id":2875,"date":"2025-04-10T15:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-april-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T18:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:53:24","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About the Arctic in April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JAXA\/ViSHOP extent finished the month of March \u201clowest for the date\u201d once again:<\/p>\n

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However, since then the graph has been \u201cflatlining\u201d and extent is now above 2019 and rapidly approaching the rest of the recent pack.<\/p>\n

At the end of March PIOMAS Arctic sea ice volume had increased to 21.21 thousand km\u00b3, still 2nd lowest for the date in the PIOMAS record:<\/p>\n

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Here is the corresponding PIOMAS sea ice thickness<\/a> map\u00a0for March 31st 2025:<\/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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Here too is the version 3.0 thickness<\/a> map from AWI, incorporating additional Sentinel 3 data:<\/p>\n

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All three maps show an area of thick ice along the Siberian coast of the Chukchi Sea again this year. The CryoSat-2 maps also show thick ice between the New Siberian Islands and the coast.<\/p>\n

The PIOMAS map also shows an area of thick ice extending past the Canadian Arctic Archipelago into the Beaufort Sea. The Beaufort arm is conspicuous by its absence from the CryoSat-2 maps.<\/p>\n

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

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