Arctic Sea Ice Extent: July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 7.18% from the level on 07/14/2022 of 8.542 M km2 to 7.929 M km2 for this week.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: July 14, 2022
July 14, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a slightly higher rate of 6.18% from the level on 07/07/2022 of 9.105 M km2 to 8.542 M km2 for this week.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: July 7, 2022
July 7, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 6.09% from the level on 06/30/2022 of 9.695 M km2 to 9.105 M km2 for this week.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: June 30, 2022
June 30, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a slightly lower rate of 5.08% from the level on 06/23/2022 of 10.214 M km2 to 9.695 M km2 for this week.
End-of-June Wildfires
Alaska wildfires are spreading at a rapid pace. There have been 365 fires confirmed by the end of June 2022 (ref.: Alaska Interagency Coordination Center Wildland Fire Dashboard). Almost 1.8 Mio acres have burned, which exceeds the end-of-June acreage of any record fire year (i.e. 2004, 2005) to date since observational data exist. Abnormally dry …
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: June 23, 2022
June 23, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a slightly lower rate of 5.18% from the level on 06/16/2022 of 10.772 M km2 to 10.214 M km2 for this week.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: June 16, 2022
June 16, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a slightly higher rate of 5.45% from the level on 06/09/2022 of 11.393 M km2 to 10.772 M km2 for this week.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 5.03% from the level on 06/02/2022 of 11.977 M km2 to 11.393 M km2 for this week.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: June 2, 2022
June 2, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 3.98% from the level on 05/26/2022 of 12.473 M km2 to 11.977 M km2 for this week.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent: May 26, 2022
May 26, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a very slightly higher rate of 2.42% from the level on 05/19/2022 of 12.782 M km2 to 12.473M km2 for this week.