{"id":514,"date":"2023-06-02T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2023\/06\/02\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-june-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T01:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T23:01:20","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2023\/06\/02\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About the Arctic in June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>By way of a change, which is allegedly as good as a rest, let\u2019s start the new month with a very pretty and almost cloud free \u201cpseudo-colour\u201d image of the Lena Delta and adjacent areas of the Laptev Sea:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lena-Aqua-721-2023-06-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23238\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lena-Aqua-721-2023-06-01-1024x1004-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lena-Aqua-721-2023-06-01-1024x1004-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lena-Aqua-721-2023-06-01-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lena-Aqua-721-2023-06-01-768x753.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lena-Aqua-721-2023-06-01.jpg 1399w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1004\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>\u201cFalse colour\u201d image of the Lena Delta on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/43G594m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June 1st<\/a>\u00a0from the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seaice.de\/nh_Laptev_seasonal_area.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laptev sea ice area<\/a> decline has been in high gear recently:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Laptev-Area-2023-06-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23241\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Laptev-Area-2023-06-01-1024x512-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Laptev-Area-2023-06-01-1024x512-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Laptev-Area-2023-06-01-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Laptev-Area-2023-06-01-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Laptev-Area-2023-06-01.png 1500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Sea ice area for the Arctic as a whole is still in the upper half of the AMSR2 era range:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Arctic-Area-2023-06-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23242\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Arctic-Area-2023-06-01-1024x512-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Arctic-Area-2023-06-01-1024x512-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Arctic-Area-2023-06-01-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Arctic-Area-2023-06-01-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AWI-Arctic-Area-2023-06-01.png 1500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By way of a change, which is allegedly as good as a rest, let\u2019s start the new month with a very pretty and almost cloud free \u201cpseudo-colour\u201d image of the Lena Delta and adjacent areas of the Laptev 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