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  1. #Antarctic sea ice is nearing its annual maximum extent (austral winter). This year will not be setting any new records, though there are plenty of regional extremes as shown in August's anomaly pattern.

    + Concentration means the fraction of ice in an area
    + Graphic from zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice

  2. #Antarctic sea ice is nearing its annual maximum extent (austral winter). This year will not be setting any new records, though there are plenty of regional extremes as shown in August's anomaly pattern.

    + Concentration means the fraction of ice in an area
    + Graphic from zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice

  3. #Antarctic sea ice is nearing its annual maximum extent (austral winter). This year will not be setting any new records, though there are plenty of regional extremes as shown in August's anomaly pattern.

    + Concentration means the fraction of ice in an area
    + Graphic from zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice

  4. #Antarctic sea ice is nearing its annual maximum extent (austral winter). This year will not be setting any new records, though there are plenty of regional extremes as shown in August's anomaly pattern.

    + Concentration means the fraction of ice in an area
    + Graphic from zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice

  5. #Antarctic sea ice is nearing its annual maximum extent (austral winter). This year will not be setting any new records, though there are plenty of regional extremes as shown in August's anomaly pattern.

    + Concentration means the fraction of ice in an area
    + Graphic from zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice

  6. In August 2026, the #SeaIce global extent was 7.2% below 1991-2020 mean. Since the beginning of records (1978):
    - #Arctic, 12th lowest monthly mean, with 9.1% less extent than normal (-617,526km²)
    - #Antarctic, 4th lowest monthly mean, with 6.5% less exent than normal (1,178,424km²)

    for more: osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-i

  7. In August 2026, the #SeaIce global extent was 7.2% below 1991-2020 mean. Since the beginning of records (1978):
    - #Arctic, 12th lowest monthly mean, with 9.1% less extent than normal (-617,526km²)
    - #Antarctic, 4th lowest monthly mean, with 6.5% less exent than normal (1,178,424km²)

    for more: osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-i

  8. In August 2026, the #SeaIce global extent was 7.2% below 1991-2020 mean. Since the beginning of records (1978):
    - #Arctic, 12th lowest monthly mean, with 9.1% less extent than normal (-617,526km²)
    - #Antarctic, 4th lowest monthly mean, with 6.5% less exent than normal (1,178,424km²)

    for more: osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-i

  9. In August 2026, the #SeaIce global extent was 7.2% below 1991-2020 mean. Since the beginning of records (1978):
    - #Arctic, 12th lowest monthly mean, with 9.1% less extent than normal (-617,526km²)
    - #Antarctic, 4th lowest monthly mean, with 6.5% less exent than normal (1,178,424km²)

    for more: osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-i

  10. In August 2026, the #SeaIce global extent was 7.2% below 1991-2020 mean. Since the beginning of records (1978):
    - #Arctic, 12th lowest monthly mean, with 9.1% less extent than normal (-617,526km²)
    - #Antarctic, 4th lowest monthly mean, with 6.5% less exent than normal (1,178,424km²)

    for more: osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-i

  11. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧵🌐 The hairy ball #theorem says you can’t comb a #sphere smooth without a cowlick somewhere.

    The same rule explains why #Earth always has a #cyclone spinning, why #fusion reactors use #doughnut shapes, and why omnidirectional antennas can’t exist. #Wind patterns over the #Arctic and #Antarctic circles illustrate the proof.

    👉 scientificamerican.com/article

    #topology #math #weather #hurricane #nuclearfusion #tokamak #plasma #science #hair

  12. 8/
    Join us as we explore how this "geographic period" at the bottom of the map is actually the key to understanding where our planet has been—and where it is going.

    youtu.be/41niL0hE38A

    #podcast
    #Antarctica
    #Antarctic
    #history
    #climate
    #ClimateChange
    #GlobalWarming
    #IceSheets
    #icebergs
    #OzoneHole

  13. A Tabular Iceberg, Seen at the Pack-Edge in the South Pacific (1900) by Frederick Albert Cook, from Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899.

    Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/399b

    #solstice #exploration #ice #marine #antarctic #antarctica #icebergs #penguins #geography #midwinter #light #landscapes #oceans #darkness #art #publicdomain

  14. RE: fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/

    For the morning team: We're looking for scientists excited to work at the cutting edge of Polar science with the latest high resolution climate models and Earth Observation data.
    Funding support available for travel, accomodation + food costs covered

    #Arctic #Antarctic #Polar #ClimateScience #ClimateModelling #EarthObservation #Climate #IceSheets #SeaIce #Permafrost

  15. Bon allez, une fois n’est pas coutume, j’ai posé avec ma carte marine avant de la confier à son nouveau propriétaire... 😄📜 Oui, je suis en t-shirt, dehors, en Antarctique ! ❄️🙃 Oui, j’avais un peu froid ! Mais promis, je ne suis pas restée longtemps ! 🥶😂

    📣 Je peins des cartes marines 🌍 sur commande 🖌️📨. Contactez-moi si vous êtes intéressé(e) ! 😊

    #Artiste #Illustratrice #VieDArtiste
    #Aquarelle #FemmesArtistes #Autoportrait #DessinNaturaliste
    #illustration #carte #wildlife #antarctic #ocean #DessinTraditionnel #dessin #FaunePolaire #FauneMarine #cartemarine #NaturalistArt

  16. "An international team of scientists announced [in January] they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest #IceCores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to #Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old."

    apnews.com/article/antarctica-

  17. "An international team of scientists announced [in January] they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest #IceCores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to #Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old."

    apnews.com/article/antarctica-

  18. "An international team of scientists announced [in January] they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest #IceCores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to #Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old."

    apnews.com/article/antarctica-

  19. "An international team of scientists announced [in January] they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest #IceCores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to #Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old."

    apnews.com/article/antarctica-

  20. "An international team of scientists announced [in January] they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest #IceCores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to #Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old."

    apnews.com/article/antarctica-

  21. "Here we use an ice core record from grounded ice at Skytrain Ice Rise to constrain the timing and speed of early Holocene ice sheet retreat."

    Grieman, M.M., Nehrbass-Ahles, C., Hoffmann, H.M. et al. Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment. Nat. Geosci. (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-013 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Geoscience #Science #STEM #Antarctic #Ice #Holocene #Palaeoclimate #Climate #Earth #Academia #Academic #Academics @science

  22. Really outstanding work from Leeds Uni Remote sensing, led by Ben Davison, on observed changes to #Antarctic #IceShelves

    This was a highlight presentation of @OceanIceEU workshop bringing #EarthObservation + #climateModelling communities together earlier this year - which I am now coincidentally writing up as a report + recommendations for publication as I travel by #crossBorderRail today...

    Worth a read, Ben is really good at beautiful easy to interpret graphics.

    science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv