Well, the absolute magnitude of the #Antarctic sea ice anomaly has now tied the largest on record...
More graphs here: https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/.
Note that while sea ice is growing (austral winter), it's happening much slower than typical.
I am using the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) 5-day running mean (https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/faq). Data from https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index.
The current anomaly is over 2.5 million square kilometers below average.
For more context on this extreme event - check out these great articles and media coverage:
+ https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/uncharted-territory-warming-oceans-and-disappearing-sea-ice-alarm-scientists/
+ https://abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/antarctic-sea-ice-hits-another-record-low/102391534
+ https://wired.com/story/antarctic-sea-ice-is-at-record-lows-is-it-an-alarming-shift/
+ https://seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahranicni-co-se-deje-v-antarktide-expert-popsal-proc-vedce-znervoznuje-ubytek-ledu-232681
+ https://meereisportal.de/en/news-overview/news-detail-view/antarctic-sea-ice-extent-at-a-seasonal-low
+ http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/06/springing-into-summer/
Several large spatial regions are contributing to this record-breaking low sea ice cover (for the time of year). This includes around the Indian and Pacific Ocean sectors and the Weddell Sea.
Find a map here of the #Antarctic at https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/map-of-antarctica/.
For those interested in studies related to the atmospheric response to loss of Antarctic sea ice...
+ https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL048056
+ https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0666.1
+ https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083653
+ https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0918.1
+ https://nature.com/articles/s41561-020-0546-9
+ https://mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/1/36
+ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abaada/meta
+ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-012-1507-9
There are so many canaries dropping like flies in the coal mine that is the ecosystem of the only planet in the universe known to have mothered life, the stochastic terrorism of a handful of rich bastards seems destined to actually snuff it all out.
Zack Labe
Grandpa Don