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Arctic Sea Ice Extent: May 18, 2023

May 18 2023:  Over the past week, the sea ice decreased by a slightly lower rate of 1.96%, from the level on 05/11/2023  of 13.042 M km2 to 12.787 M km2 for this week.

Plot Compiled by: Howard J. Diamond, PhD; Climate Science Program Manager at NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).

The negative sea ice anomaly this week was slightly higher than the anomaly of -0.403 M km2 on 05/11/2023 to a lesser negative anomaly of -0.317 M km2 on 05/18/2023 and so less anomalously negative for this time of year. 

Plot Compiled by: Howard J. Diamond, PhD; Climate Science Program Manager at NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).