Arctic Sea Ice Recovery Continues, Scientists Find “Surprising” And “Statistically Significant” Cooling Trend Across Antarctica, La Palma Update, Australia Suffers one of its Largest Quakes in Recorded History, + Rare Spring Snow Forecast for Tasmania
September 22, 2021 Cap Allon
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Arctic Sea Ice Recovery Continues
Arctic sea ice is ending its summer melt season well above the minimum extent measured in most recent years — cool and cloudy weather has helped preserve much of the ice this year.
Sea ice extent, as measured on a five-day rolling average, was 4.73 million square kilometres (1.83 million square miles) on Wednesday, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) — that puts the extent far higher than last year’s low of 3.832 million square kilometre.
Extent, defined as the area with at least 15 percent ice cover, has been incredibly resilient this year, and it’s helping put to bed those ridiculous notions of a “summer free Arctic”, which even to this day, after decades of failed foretelling, are still doing the rounds.
https://electroverse.net/arctic-ice-recovery-surprising-cooling-trend-in-antarctica-la-palma-update-australias-largest-quakes-rare-spring-snow-in-tasmania/
