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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the total extent slightly higher than 2025 but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice near the northeast Alaska coast is thicker multi-year ice from the Canadian High Arctic. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

  7. Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the total extent slightly higher than 2025 but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice near the northeast Alaska coast is thicker multi-year ice from the Canadian High Arctic. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

  8. Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the combined extent slightly higher than last year but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice north of the northeast Alaska coast is an area of thicker multi-year ice that moved southwest in the spring from the Canadian High Arctic in the ocean currents. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

    #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

  9. Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the combined extent slightly higher than last year but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice north of the northeast Alaska coast is an area of thicker multi-year ice that moved southwest in the spring from the Canadian High Arctic in the ocean currents. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

    #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

  10. Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the combined extent slightly higher than last year but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice north of the northeast Alaska coast is an area of thicker multi-year ice that moved southwest in the spring from the Canadian High Arctic in the ocean currents. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

    #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

  11. Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the combined extent slightly higher than last year but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice north of the northeast Alaska coast is an area of thicker multi-year ice that moved southwest in the spring from the Canadian High Arctic in the ocean currents. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

    #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

  12. Sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues melt, with the combined extent slightly higher than last year but well below the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. The higher concentration sea ice north of the northeast Alaska coast is an area of thicker multi-year ice that moved southwest in the spring from the Canadian High Arctic in the ocean currents. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

    #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

  13. Aging Salty Ice

    When ice forms in salty water, it starts out mushy and porous. Salt does not freeze neatly into ice’s crystalline structure, so the forming ice has pores and gaps where salty brine gathers. As the ice ages, more brine is pushed out and gradually convects downward, due to its greater density. Over time, this makes the ice layer thinner but more solid, with fewer pores. You can see a timelapse of the process in a laboratory experiment below. (Image credit: sea ice – C. Matias, experiment – F. Wang et al.; research credit: F. Wang et al.)

    #convection #fluidDynamics #freezing #ice #iceFormation #physics #porosity #porousFlow #science #seaIce
  14. #PolarBears in the #BarentsSea are staying fat despite rapid sea #ice loss
    #Arctic #bears may be surviving by shifting to new food sources
    When #seaice goes away, bears get thinner. If bears in a population are losing fat, that can be an early warning population will decline.
    Researchers are interested in polar bears living on #Svalbard because relationship between sea ice and fat loss should be strong. Polar bears there shouldn’t have much fat.
    sciencenews.org/article/polar-
    archive.ph/7GAAw

  15. #PolarBears in the #BarentsSea are staying fat despite rapid sea #ice loss
    #Arctic #bears may be surviving by shifting to new food sources
    When #seaice goes away, bears get thinner. If bears in a population are losing fat, that can be an early warning population will decline.
    Researchers are interested in polar bears living on #Svalbard because relationship between sea ice and fat loss should be strong. Polar bears there shouldn’t have much fat.
    sciencenews.org/article/polar-
    archive.ph/7GAAw

  16. in the are staying fat despite rapid sea loss
    may be surviving by shifting to new food sources
    When goes away, bears get thinner. If bears in a population are losing fat, that can be an early warning population will decline.
    Researchers are interested in polar bears living on because relationship between sea ice and fat loss should be strong. Polar bears there shouldn’t have much fat.
    sciencenews.org/article/polar-
    archive.ph/7GAAw

  17. #PolarBears in the #BarentsSea are staying fat despite rapid sea #ice loss
    #Arctic #bears may be surviving by shifting to new food sources
    When #seaice goes away, bears get thinner. If bears in a population are losing fat, that can be an early warning population will decline.
    Researchers are interested in polar bears living on #Svalbard because relationship between sea ice and fat loss should be strong. Polar bears there shouldn’t have much fat.
    sciencenews.org/article/polar-
    archive.ph/7GAAw

  18. #PolarBears in the #BarentsSea are staying fat despite rapid sea #ice loss
    #Arctic #bears may be surviving by shifting to new food sources
    When #seaice goes away, bears get thinner. If bears in a population are losing fat, that can be an early warning population will decline.
    Researchers are interested in polar bears living on #Svalbard because relationship between sea ice and fat loss should be strong. Polar bears there shouldn’t have much fat.
    sciencenews.org/article/polar-
    archive.ph/7GAAw

  19. Polar bears bulk up despite melting Norwegian Arctic: study

    Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Arcticregions #BarentsSea #bodycondition #polarbears #Science #seaice #Svalbardarchipelago
    newsbeep.com/us/438456/

  20. Let's meet people working to provide the best #Ocean satellite observation possible 🛰 🌍. Today, Steinar Eastwood from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute presents how he's been working for OSI SAF #SeaIce and #SeaSurfaceTemperature from our team in #Oslo... Whach this video to learn more !
    youtu.be/BbDulkeHPDU?si=JWxGYI

  21. A New Interactive [Mapping] Research Tool For The Antarctic Sea-Ice Zone [Nilas]
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    phys.org/news/2023-02-interact <-- shared article
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    nilas.org/#1/-90/0 <-- NILAS software
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    “The Southern Ocean Mapping Platform - Nilas is a mapping tool (beta) which displays multiple layers of physical and biogeochemical variables. The data displayed are primarily derived from remotely sense products and updated as source data becomes available. The Australian Antarctic Division developed this tool to cover the Antarctic sea-ice zone and to support their research and operational activities…"
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #Nilas #marine #data #research #planning #science #Antarctic #seaice #geospatial #ice #climatechange #water #hydrology #hydrospatial #SouthernOceanMappingPlatform #mapportal #opendata #SouthernOcean #spatiotemporal #historicdata #climateresearch #climate #chlorophyll #phytoplankton #seasurfacetemperature #Antarctica #ecosystem #spatialanalysis #remotesensing #satellite #instrumentation