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Arctic Sea Ice Extent: July 8, 2021

July 8, 2021: Over the past week the sea ice has now decreased from last week by a greater rate of 10.91%, from the level on 07/01/2021 of 9.365 M km2 to 8.343 M km2 for this week.  The rate of loss at this time is looking very much like that from July 2020.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent: July 1, 2021

July 1, 2021: Over the past week the sea ice has now decreased from last week by a greater rate of 8.11%, from the level on 06/24/2021 of 10.191 M km2 to 9.365 M km2 for this week.  The rate of loss at this time is looking very much like that from 2020.