September 3, 2025: (Only six days since the last post) the Arctic sea ice has experienced a lesser decrease rate for this week of 2.95% (last week’s decrease rate was 5.48%), from the level on 08/28/2025 of 4.809 M km2 to 4.667 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to date remains in 10th place for the lowest sea

Arctic sea ice has experienced a lesser decrease rate for this week of 5.48% (last week’s decrease rate was 6.37%), from the level on 08/21/2025 of 5.088 M km2 to 4.809 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to date has now slipped two more places to 10th place for the lowest sea ice extent for this day of

August 21, 2025: The Arctic sea ice has experienced a lesser decrease rate for this week of 6.37% (last week’s decrease rate was 7.25%), from the level on 08/14/2025 of 5.434 M km2 to 5.088 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to date has slipped to 8th place for the lowest sea ice extent for this time of

August 14, 2025: The Arctic sea ice has experienced a greater decrease rate for this week of 7.25% (last week’s decrease rate was 5.64%), from the level on 08/07/2025 of 5.859 M km2 to 5.434 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to date has slipped to 4th place for the lowest sea ice extent for this time of year

August 7, 2025: The Arctic sea ice has experienced a much lesser decrease rate for this week of 5.64% (last week’s decrease rate was 13.73%), from the level on 07/31/2025 of 6.209 M km2 to 5.859 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to date remains in 2nd place for the lowest sea ice extent for this time of year

July 31, 2025: The Arctic sea ice has experienced a much greater decrease rate for this week of 13.73% (last week’s decrease rate for 8 days was 9.07%), from the level on 07/24/2025 of 7.197 M km2 to 6.209 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 is now the 2nd lowest sea ice extent on record for this time of

July 24, 2025: The Arctic sea ice has experienced a greater decrease rate for this week (of 8 days) of 9.07% (last week’s decrease rate for 8 days was 4.52%), from the level on 07/16/2025 of 7.915 M km2 to 7.197 M km2 for this week.  The negative sea ice anomaly this week was greater than the anomaly of -0.8188 M km2 on 07/16/2025 to

July 16, 2025: The  Arctic sea ice has experienced a lower decrease rate for this week (6 days – we are still missing a day due to slow updates) of 4.52% (last week’s decrease rate for 8 days was 7.69%), from the level on 07/10/2025 of 8.290 M km2 to 7.915 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to

July 10, 2025: The Arctic sea ice has experienced a slightly greater decrease for this week (of 8 days) of 7.69% (last week’s decrease rate for 6 days was 7.34%), from the level on 07/02/2025 of 8.981 M km2 to 8.290 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to date is in third place for the lowest sea ice

July 2, 2025: The Arctic sea ice has experienced a greater decrease for this week (of only 6 days) of 7.34% (last week’s decrease rate was 5.15%), from the level on 06/26/2025 of 9.692 M km2 to 8.981 M km2 for this week.  The sea ice extent for 2025 to date is just barely edged out of first place for the lowest sea