AI6YR Ben20h ago

Dang it, ran out of ice cream or chocolate for another use of "unprecedented" (not that I should be eating that much ice cream). I may need to go bicycle down to the store 🤪

AP: Arctic sea ice hits lowest winter level as unprecedented heat hits smashes records all over Earth

https://apnews.com/article/arctic-sea-ice-record-shattering-warming-86a91afa7be96d8821c7bbfed9e5a623

#climateemergency #climate

Arctic sea ice shrinks to tie lowest level for winter

Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a tie for its lowest winter peak on record. Winter is when ice grows, but not as much as normal this year. On Thursday, scientists report the peak area ends around 5.52 million square miles. The National Snow and Ice Data Center says that matches last year’s low. The amount sits far below the long-term winter average. Ice center scientist Walt Meier says the winter peak shows a steady warming signal. Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera also tracks widespread March heat records across several regions. Yet in Antarctica, the cold set a record for March.

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"...The shrinking Arctic sea ice was announced Thursday as temperatures broke March heat records across the United States, all over Mexico, in Australia, across Northern Africa and through parts of Northern Europe. Climatologist and weather historian Maximiliano Herrera, who tracks extreme temperatures, called the extreme March temperatures “by far the most extreme heat event in world climatic history..."

#heatwaves #heatwave #climate

Mar 27 at 9:24pmWeb