Have a good week! Here's your Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 410,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,000,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More on polar climate trends: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/

Decadal trends in February sea ice thickness across the #Arctic Ocean - red shading corresponds to areas of thinning ice (again, basically everywhere) 📉

Simulated data from PIOMAS over 1979 to 2025. For similar information: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0436.1

Have a good week! Here's your Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 410,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,000,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More on polar climate trends: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/

Decadal trends in February sea ice thickness across the #Arctic Ocean - red shading corresponds to areas of thinning ice (again, basically everywhere) 📉

Simulated data from PIOMAS over 1979 to 2025. For similar information: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0436.1

Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea has decreased 20 percent in the past two weeks due to frequent storminess and south winds. Dramatic weather pattern change is imminent as much colder air and north winds set to return, so it's quite possible the seasonal maximum extent is yet to be set. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

#akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea has decreased 20 percent in the past two weeks due to frequent storminess and south winds. Dramatic weather pattern change is imminent as much colder air and north winds set to return, so it's quite possible the seasonal maximum extent is yet to be set. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

#akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Under new order from Sec Burgum
#Trump admin announced it will to sell off #publiclands the size of #Yellowstone #NationalPark in #Alaska. 2.1 million #acres of wild country between Gates of #Arctic National Park and the Arctic National #Wildlife #Refuge. #Caribou, #grizzlies, #wolves, Dall #sheep, #muskox, #moose, #wolverines. #Rivers full of #salmon and #Arctic grayling. Over 200 species of migratory #birds that fly from six continents to breed there every summer. https://substack.com/home/post/p-188716560

Under new order from Sec Burgum
#Trump admin announced it will to sell off #publiclands the size of #Yellowstone #NationalPark in #Alaska. 2.1 million #acres of wild country between Gates of #Arctic National Park and the Arctic National #Wildlife #Refuge. #Caribou, #grizzlies, #wolves, Dall #sheep, #muskox, #moose, #wolverines. #Rivers full of #salmon and #Arctic grayling. Over 200 species of migratory #birds that fly from six continents to breed there every summer. https://substack.com/home/post/p-188716560

Have a great weekend! Here's your Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 210,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 820,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,350,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,750,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More graphics to share: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

Have a great weekend! Here's your Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 210,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 820,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,350,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,750,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More graphics to share: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

#Arctic climate rankings are now updated for January 2026: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2026/. Last month was warm (relatively speaking), and sea ice was low.

#SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

#Arctic climate rankings are now updated for January 2026: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2026/. Last month was warm (relatively speaking), and sea ice was low.

#SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

Each line represents one year of #Arctic sea ice thickness from 1979 [dark blue] to 2025 [dark red]. This year is shown in yellow - now updated through January 2026 (2nd thinnest for the date)...

+ More visuals of thickness and volume: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

Each line represents one year of #Arctic sea ice thickness from 1979 [dark blue] to 2025 [dark red]. This year is shown in yellow - now updated through January 2026 (2nd thinnest for the date)...

+ More visuals of thickness and volume: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/