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#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 https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

#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 https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

#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 https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

#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 https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

#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 https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

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: https://osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-index

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: https://osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-index

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: https://osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-index

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: https://osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-index

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: https://osi-saf.eumetsat.int/sea-ice-index

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#NoGenAi #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #CamelCase #Photography #Animal #TravelPhotography #Animals #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Antarctic #Antarctica #Remote #Isolated #Snow #Ice #Sea #Water #Ocean #Whale #Wal #Wale #Baleines #Baleine #HumpbackWhale #HumpbackWhales #Cetacean #Cetacea #PhotoSuggestion

#FotoVorschlag: Objekte, die mit "W" beginnen oder so aussehen // Objects beginning with "W" or resembling it

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#NoGenAi #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #CamelCase #Photography #Animal #TravelPhotography #Animals #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Antarctic #Antarctica #Remote #Isolated #Snow #Ice #Sea #Water #Ocean #Whale #Wal #Wale #Baleines #Baleine #HumpbackWhale #HumpbackWhales #Cetacean #Cetacea #PhotoSuggestion

#FotoVorschlag: Objekte, die mit "W" beginnen oder so aussehen // Objects beginning with "W" or resembling it

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#NoGenAi #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #CamelCase #Photography #Animal #TravelPhotography #Animals #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Antarctic #Antarctica #Remote #Isolated #Snow #Ice #Sea #Water #Ocean #Whale #Wal #Wale #Baleines #Baleine #HumpbackWhale #HumpbackWhales #Cetacean #Cetacea #PhotoSuggestion

#FotoVorschlag: Objekte, die mit "W" beginnen oder so aussehen // Objects beginning with "W" or resembling it

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#NoGenAi #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #CamelCase #Photography #Animal #TravelPhotography #Animals #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Antarctic #Antarctica #Remote #Isolated #Snow #Ice #Sea #Water #Ocean #Whale #Wal #Wale #Baleines #Baleine #HumpbackWhale #HumpbackWhales #Cetacean #Cetacea #PhotoSuggestion

#FotoVorschlag: Objekte, die mit "W" beginnen oder so aussehen // Objects beginning with "W" or resembling it

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#NoGenAi #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #CamelCase #Photography #Animal #TravelPhotography #Animals #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Antarctic #Antarctica #Remote #Isolated #Snow #Ice #Sea #Water #Ocean #Whale #Wal #Wale #Baleines #Baleine #HumpbackWhale #HumpbackWhales #Cetacean #Cetacea #PhotoSuggestion

3-Sep-2026
#Antarctic expedition reveals why #SouthernOcean #clouds remain one of #climateScience's greatest challenges
Researchers compare real-world observations with leading #climateModels to improve future climate predictions

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1142540

#science #climateCatastrophe #environment

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

A Little Ice To Cool Down With

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #CamelCase #Antarctic #Antarctica #Iceberg #Snow #Ice #Icebergs #MargueriteBay #SouthernOcean #Cold #Cool #AntarcticCircle #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Seascape

#JustHaveAThink video lecture & literature review #Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise

Who had this on their bingo card?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5wB...

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

New research : Doomsday Glacie...

#Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange

Goldberg et al. 09 March 2026 Geophys Res Lett 53:e2025GL118823

Recent observations of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica are consistent with high rates of loss in next 50 years

https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118823

#FYI #JustHaveAThink video lecture and literature review #Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise

Who had this on their bingo card?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5wB2ur1S2w

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

'Poised to disintegrate': Antarctica's '#DoomsdayGlacier' is set to lose its #IceShelf this year

#WestAntarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises.

By Patrick Pester

"A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier," further destabilizing one of the world's largest and most vulnerable glaciers.

The #ThwaitesGlacier is nicknamed the "Doomsday Glacier" because its collapse would send so much ice into the Southern Ocean that #GlobalSeaLevels would rise by 2.1 feet (65 centimeters or 26 inches), flooding coastal communities worldwide. This collapse could take centuries, but there is an imminent threat to Thwaites' eastern ice shelf, which will likely accelerate the glacier's demise.

"Researchers say that satellite images reveal that the Thwaites eastern ice shelf is about to detach from the glacier, New Scientist reported last week. While the glacier sits on land, the ice shelf is a floating body of ice that is attached to the glacier's mouth. Researchers still have a lot to learn about the glacier, but this shelf acts as a buttress, restraining the flow of ice from the glacier into the sea."

[...]

"Thwaites Glacier's slow collapse is part of a wider concern among scientists for the future of the West #Antarctic ice sheet. Thwaites is a key pillar of the ice sheet, protecting other ice from slipping into the ocean. If the whole ice sheet were to go, sea levels would rise by 10.8 feet (3.3 m), according to the British Antarctic Survey. The collapse of ice sheets like this one are considered tipping points, or 'points of no return,' in the fight against climate change — meaning that once they are crossed, they bring about permanent changes that cannot be reversed for many thousands of years."

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/poised-to-disintegrate-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-is-set-to-lose-its-ice-shelf-this-year

#ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise #Thwaites #ClimateCatastrophe

"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-an-introduction
Edited with Jeevan Toor for The Arctic Institute. The introduction is available and the articles will appear over the next month.
 
#Antarctic #Antarctica #Arctic #PolarScience #PolarResearch #polar #OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
 

Antarctic Meltwater Alters Future Projections Of Climate And Sea Level
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64438-3 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.7275/6t64-wy56 <-- shared link to scripts for running the models and creating the figures in this data repository
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #sealevel #sealevelerise #meltwater #Antarctic #projection #forecast #global #climatechange #icesheet #massloss #refinement #meansealevel #SouthernOcean #fluvial #pluvia; #precipitation #overturningcirculation #heattransport #temperature #Pacific #Atlantic #ocean #marine #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

#Antarctic #SouthersOcean #OceanCurrents #CircumpolarCurrent #OverturningCirculation #SeaIce #penguins #DurhamUniversity #COP30

#ICCI lecture: Basics on #Antarctica, and #climatechange consequences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3jN-P27znM

#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #methane #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

#FYI #ClimateChat #DanMiller #LeonSimons #Antarctic #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier

Coming up! 👇👇👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iarx9Pibnic

#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #methane #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

"Antarctic Disasters - And Avoiding Them"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3u5rsYO5c
Presentation at the 2025 Conference of SCAR SC-HASS (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences)
 
#Antarctic #Antarctica #PolarResearch #DisastersAvoided #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

Incredibly cool! 💙❄️ I love seeing these kinds of in-situ analysis tools put to work in harsh environments. #science #Antarctica #cold #extremophilia #Greenland #frozen #snow #expedition #antarctic #extremeenvironments #prototype #icecore #fieldscience #arctic #polar #fieldstudies #fieldsampling

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Incredibly cool! 💙❄️ I love seeing these kinds of in-situ analysis tools put to work in harsh environments. #science #Antarctica #cold #extremophilia #Greenland #frozen #snow #expedition #antarctic #extremeenvironments #prototype #icecore #fieldscience #arctic #polar #fieldstudies #fieldsampling

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Incredibly cool! 💙❄️ I love seeing these kinds of in-situ analysis tools put to work in harsh environments. #science #Antarctica #cold #extremophilia #Greenland #frozen #snow #expedition #antarctic #extremeenvironments #prototype #icecore #fieldscience #arctic #polar #fieldstudies #fieldsampling

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Incredibly cool! 💙❄️ I love seeing these kinds of in-situ analysis tools put to work in harsh environments. #science #Antarctica #cold #extremophilia #Greenland #frozen #snow #expedition #antarctic #extremeenvironments #prototype #icecore #fieldscience #arctic #polar #fieldstudies #fieldsampling

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uneventful but exhausting 36 hrs and in Copenhagen for a meeting.

the #CarbonGuilt is there but obviously not enough to stop me travelling 🙄 - but it is an important workshop with just a few handfuls of the leading lights planning #Antarctic #SouthernOcean research for the next decade ... so... here I am. #climate #oceans

Warm water melts ‘#DoomsdayGlacier’ half a mile every year, finds study
#Thwaites is said to be the most unstable place in the #Antarctic and contains the equivalent of 60 centimeters of #sealevelrise
Warm, high-pressure #seawater causing significant melting under Thwaites #Glacier in #Antarctica. "There are places where the water is almost at the pressure of the overlying ice, so just a little more pressure is needed to push up the ice," said lead author Eric Rignot, PhD
https://interestingengineering.com/science/doomsdy-glacier-melting-warm-water

#ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica

(3/n)

...not all the #ice will return.👈

“The impacts of #Antarctic #SeaIce staying low for over twenty years would be profound, including on local and global weather,” #LouiseSime, a co-author on the #BAS [#BritishAntarcticSurvey] study, said in a statement."

"👉The #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarctica — nicknamed the “#DoomsdayGlacier” because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise👈 — is ...