Sea Ice Bulletin

Antarctic Sea Ice Bulletin March 2025

Sea Ice Bulletin
  Key takeaways Antarctic Sea Ice extent in the Southern Ocean has likely reached the annual minimum on the 25th of February at 1.87 million km2 – 8% less than the long-term average of1993-2010 (2.40 million km 2) In 2025, the Antarctic…
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Sea Ice Bulletin September 2024

Sea Ice Bulletin
  Key takeaways Arctic On 12 September 2024, the Arctic sea ice extent has likely reached its annual minimum – 3.90 million km2, with a loss of 1.74 million km2 (30%) compared to the long-term average (1993-2010). In September 2024, the…
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Sea Ice Bulletin July 2024

  Key take-aways This first half of 2024 saw a continuation of the drastic loss of sea ice at global scale caused by a combination of the now usual major melting during the northern hemisphere spring in the Arctic, and…
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Arctic Sea Ice Bulletin March 2024

Sea Ice Bulletin
  Key take-aways Sea ice extent in the Arctic is likely to have reached its annual maximum extent on 22 February, 4 % below the long-term average (1993-2010). Sea Ice volume is currently at 15.85 thousand km³, almost half the volume…
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Antarctic Sea Ice Bulletin February 2024

  Key take-aways Sea ice cover in the Antarctic has reached its annual minimum extent on the 20th of February, 20% below the long-term average (1993-2010).Sea Ice volume is currently at 1.18 thousand km³, 47% lower the long-term average (1993-2010).February 2024…
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