April 11, 2024:  The sea ice has decreased this week at a rate of 1.18% (as opposed to last week’s decrease rate of 3.07%), from the level on 04/04/2024 of 14.485 M km2 to 14.314 M km2 for this week. The change to the sea ice melt season seems to have taken hold.  The negative sea ice anomaly this week was less than […]

April 4, 2024:  The sea ice extent has decreased this week at a rate of 3.07% (as opposed to last week’s increase rate of 0.39%), from the level on 03/28/2024 of 14.944 M km2 to 14.485 M km2 for this week. So, the change to the sea ice melt season may finally have taken hold.  The current sea ice extent is still about

March 28, 2024:  The sea ice has increased this week at a small rate of 0.39% (as opposed to last week’s decrease rate of 0.61%), from the level on 03/21/2024 of 14.885 M km2 to 14.944 M km2 for this week. The change to the sea ice melt season we have been waiting for is still a bit of a roller coaster. The current

March 21, 2024:  The sea ice has decreased this week at a small rate of 0.61% (as opposed to last week’s increase rate of 1.28%), from the level on 03/14/2024 of 14.976 M km2 to 14.885 M km2 for this week. Perhaps this is now the change to the sea ice melt season we have been waiting for.  As an aside, the current sea

March 15, 2024:  The sea ice has increased this week at a greater growth rate of 1.28% (as opposed to last week’s increase rate of 0.01%), from the level on 03/07/2024 of 14.784 M km2 to 14.976 M km2 for this week. So we are still awaiting the change to the sea ice melt season which is probably coming pretty soon.  As an

March 7, 2024:  The sea ice has essentially remained static this week, with essentially no change at a very tiny growth rate of 0.01% (as opposed to last week’s decrease rate of 0.27%), from the level on 02/29/2024 of 14.783 M km2 to14.784 M km2 for this week.  So, perhaps we are right on the change line to the sea ice

February 29, 2024:  The sea ice has decreased this week at a pretty small rate of 0.27% (as opposed to last week’s growth rate of 1.46%), from the level on 02/22/2024 of 14.823 M km2 to 14.783 M km2 for this week.  So, perhaps we are right on the precipice of the change to the sea ice melt season. The negative sea ice

February 22, 2024:  The sea ice has increased again this week, at a rate of 1.46% (lower than last week’s rate of 2.04%), from the level on 02/15/2024 of 14.606 M km2 to 14.823 M km2 for this week.  So, we are still in the ice growth season but not a whole lot of growth; and still a tad bit early for the

February 15, 2024:  The sea ice has increased again this week, and at a rate of 2.04% (higher than last week’s rate of -0.60%), from the level on 02/08/2024 of 14.308 M km2 to 14.606 M km2 for this week.  So, we are still in the ice growth season but there is not a whole lot of growth. The negative sea ice anomaly

February 8, 2024:  The sea ice has increased (slightly) this week, and at a rate of 0.60% (from last week’s decrease rate of -0.36%), from the level on 02/01/2024 of 14.222 M km2 to 14.308 M km2 for this week.  So, we are in what looks like a transition area between growth and decrease. It is still a tad bit early for the start of