Category: Global Sea Ice

If I was an alarmists I would suggest that at the current rate of increase, by 2100 Antarctica will be completely inaccessible by ship.

But I’m not. I do wonder if the the spike in 1979 is an artifact of the satellite at that time, or if it is where we are now (remember the area to the left of 1979 just wasn’t recorded so we don’t know what it really looks like) and once the AMO cools Antarctica Sea Ice Extent will shrink and the Arctic will grow.

 

 

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 178 of 2014

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 518,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 8 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,522,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,004,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 176 of 2014

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 586,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,488,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -902,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 167 of 2014

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 715,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day. And above the 1 standard deviation mark.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,281,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. That is also the 100th daily record in 2014 out of 167 days.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -567,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 31 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

On this day in 2002 global sea ice was at 23.7 million sq km. In 2014 on the same day global sea ice is at 25.6 million sq km. That is a 1.9 million sq km increase.

You have to go back to 1999 to have more global sea ice than in 2014 on this day.

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 164 of 2014

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 609,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 7 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,184,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -576,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 31 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

Arctic Sea Ice Within One Standard Deviation of ‘Normal’ and 600,000 sq km higher than 2010.

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 162 of 2014:

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 711,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,168,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -457,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 30 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 161 of 2014:

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 678,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,157,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -480,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 30 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

Arctic Sea Ice actually rose from day 156 to 158 and it is still higher on day 159 than day 156. A strange turn of events that is not terribly common at this time of year.

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 159 of 2014:

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 849,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 3 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,268,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -419,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 29 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 153 of 2014:

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 704,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,214,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.  90th daily record for 2014.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -511,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.