Category: Arctic Sea Ice

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 27 2014 – Drop of Only 18,000 Over Last 2 Days

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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 27 2014 – -1,069,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 238. Data here.

Drop of Only 18,000 Over Last 2 Days. 2014 seems to be most similar to 2009 and 2013.

2009’s minimum was 5.05488 million sq km on day 255
2013’s minimum was 5.07709 million sq km on day 256

But I’m not making a prediction.


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MASIE Arctic Aug 26 2014 – Tiny Rise – Barents Sea Keeps Rising

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Aug 25 2014  MASIE Update – Tiny Rise For Whole Arctic – Barents Sea is Up 60,000 Over Last 28 Days

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-237

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014237

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014237

Region 150 days ago End Last 149 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 546,727 -540,410 -440,378 -182,533 -67,891 -27,336 -13,333
Kara Sea 933,859 164,554 -769,305 -171,516 -54,040 -12,387 -2,790 -1,901
Laptev Sea 897,845 19,723 -878,122 -295,516 -106,612 -18,504 -3,204 -1,701
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 513,950 -339,265 -181,093 -60,561 -6,331 2,051 -1,545
Greenland Sea 603,416 245,830 -357,586 -111,478 -38,881 -5,370 10,961 -449
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 49,738 -1,211,165 -122,994 -57,456 -26,241 -145 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -15 0 0 0 0
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 0 -853,240 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chukchi Sea 966,006 405,561 -560,445 -227,898 -105,970 -45,493 -561 709
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 712,119 -358,326 -121,042 -77,823 -28,499 3,697 847
Barents Sea 645,917 137,258 -508,659 60,131 29,613 23,531 6,072 5,679
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 17,422 -1,671,109 -58,429 -7,955 7,645 7,179 7,179
Central Arctic 3,221,921 2,991,401 -230,521 -217,106 -139,044 -56,662 -29,848 10,870
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,805,424 -8,999,691 -1,887,335 -801,263 -236,201 -33,924 6,354
NH (Average Loss per Day) -59,998 -67,405 -57,233 -33,743 -11,308 6,354

MASIE Arctic Aug 25 2014 – Biggest Central Arctic Drop This Year

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Aug 25 2014  MASIE Update – Biggest Central Arctic Drop This Year

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-236

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014236

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014236

Region 149 days ago End Last 148 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Central Arctic 3,221,921 2,980,531 -241,390 -228,576 -154,207 -77,721 -44,247 -34,005
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 560,060 -527,077 -430,860 -206,737 -72,835 -24,128 -13,493
Barents Sea 645,917 131,579 -514,338 51,732 31,988 21,634 7,783 -5,630
Laptev Sea 897,845 21,424 -876,421 -319,660 -116,495 -21,706 3,223 -3,789
Kara Sea 933,859 166,456 -767,404 -238,193 -50,725 -34,147 5,146 -3,536
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 49,738 -1,211,165 -150,716 -67,049 -19,528 -145 -145
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 711,272 -359,173 -121,260 -94,676 -41,662 6,670 0
Chukchi Sea 966,006 404,852 -561,154 -236,954 -117,703 -71,376 -10,035 0
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 10,242 -1,678,288 -72,380 -17,325 -1,565 -18 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -15 0 0 0 0
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 0 -853,240 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Sea 603,416 246,278 -357,137 -122,999 -42,691 -6,295 -7,963 1,456
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 515,494 -337,720 -172,094 -80,334 -8,049 -2,127 3,471
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,799,070 -9,006,045 -2,041,975 -915,954 -333,251 -65,842 -55,671
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,443 -72,928 -65,425 -47,607 -21,947 -55,671

MASIE Arctic Aug 24 2014 – 15,000 sq km Increase

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Aug 24 2014  MASIE Update – 15,000 Increase – 6 regions showed an increase – only 3 showed a drop

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-235

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014235

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014235

Region 148 days ago End Last 147 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,014,536 -207,386 -190,240 -131,202 -54,345 -14,605 -6,713
Chukchi Sea 966,006 404,852 -561,154 -236,954 -120,162 -70,049 -20,808 -1,270
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 573,553 -513,584 -417,368 -218,037 -55,118 -14,962 -510
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 10,242 -1,678,288 -74,504 -36,120 -2,355 86 0
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 49,883 -1,211,020 -151,752 -78,133 -37,837 -9,259 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -15 0 0 0 0
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 0 -853,240 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 512,024 -341,190 -171,651 -92,818 -15,755 994 125
Laptev Sea 897,845 25,212 -872,632 -315,871 -126,287 -23,173 6,149 2,286
Kara Sea 933,859 169,991 -763,868 -234,657 -54,735 -17,139 12,432 2,647
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 711,272 -359,173 -120,479 -92,697 -52,538 7,545 2,851
Barents Sea 645,917 137,210 -508,707 57,363 40,597 24,340 27,949 6,024
Greenland Sea 603,416 244,823 -358,593 -111,964 -51,483 -22,020 -3,976 9,954
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,854,741 -8,950,374 -1,968,092 -961,078 -325,989 -8,456 15,393
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,476 -70,289 -68,648 -46,570 -2,819 15,393