Clear skies Saturday afternoon allow for a nice view of sea ice across the northern Bering/southern Chukchi Seas in NOAA-20 VIIRS image courtesy @[email protected]. Shorefast ice along much of the mainland Alaska coast. Areas of open water in Norton Sound east of Nome. #akwx #SeaIce #Arctic
Arctic sea ice shows near lowest extent on record, as a new Super El Niño is developing, powering more sea ice melt, impacting the next Polar Vortex and Winter Season#arctic #elnino #forecast #seaice #unitedstates #weather #winter
Latest Forecast: Super El Niño to Influence Arctic Sea Ice Loss and Raise Winter Weather Risks for 2026/2027
Latest Forecast: Super El Niño to Influence Arctic Sea Ice Loss and Raise Winter Weather Risks for 2026/2027

Arctic sea ice shows near lowest extent on record, as a new Super El Niño is developing, powering more sea ice melt, impacting the next Polar Vortex and Winter Season

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oops I already did this one! And annotated it!

Notes follow Fierz et al's international snow classification scheme. Used... everywhere.

Sure, a single photo would also do this. However, there were future ideas in mind...

#arctic #seaice #snowscience

Whats that you say? a 3D model of a snowpit using RGB + NIR imagery?

Sure.

It's a baby sea ice snowpit, but still - nice salty crust! That will be confounding for radar altimeters.

Why? Isn't just a photo enough? Well maybe. This was for future reasons not yet fully realised. Someone funded will probably go do this and write a paper now 🤷‍♂️

Made in 2021 on the Nansen Legacy Q2 expedition.

#seaice #snowscience #arctic

Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | National Snow and Ice Data Center

How to use CharcticDeveloped at NSIDC with support from NASA, the Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph enables users to more easily access and explore the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad

Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | National Snow and Ice Data Center

How to use CharcticDeveloped at NSIDC with support from NASA, the Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph enables users to more easily access and explore the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad

Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea is above the 1991-2020 median, but with little ice in Russian waters vs high ice extent on the Alaska side. Ice is melting though, with the ice edge back north of St. George Island. Lower concentration ice north of the ice edge a sign of Spring. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea remains above the 1991-2020 median, but with little ice in Russian waters and high ice extent on the Alaska side of the Bering. However, ice is melting. The ice edge is now north of St. George Island and increasing lower concentration areas north of the pack ice edge a sure sign of Spring. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

#akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

The Union for the Conservation of Nature has officially classified emperor penguins as ‘Endangered’ due to climate change reducing the amount of sea ice in Antarctica.

https://www.wwf.org.uk/articles/endangered-emperor-penguins

#penguin #antarctica #seaice

Emperor Penguins: Saving a species on the brink

WWF & The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), working together, are determined to change the trajectory of emperor penguins' story.

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