Alaska Climate Research Center
February 10, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a rate of of 1.33% from the level on 02/03/2022 of 14.558 M km2 to 14.364 M km2 for this week.
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February 3, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a slightly higher rate of of 2.60% from the level on 01/27/2022 of 14.180 M km2 to 14.558 M km2 for this week.
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January 27, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a slightly lower rate of of 1.11% from the level on 01/20/2022 of 14.022 M km2 to 14.180 M km2 for this week.
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January 20, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a slightly lower rate of of 1.67% from the level on 01/13/2022 of 13.788 M km2 to 14.022 M km2 for this week.
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Saturday, January 15, 2022: The explosive eruption of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai sent a shockwave around the world. Such extensive atmospheric gravity waves triggered by a volcanic eruption have never been observed before. The waves spread in all directions, completing a circumnavigation of the globe and producing observable pressure peaks at weather stations worldwide. The US National
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January 13, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a rate of of 1.83% from the level on 01/06/2022 of 13.536 M km2 to 13.788 M km2 for this week.
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January 6, 2022: The sea ice has now increased from 3 weeks ago at a rate of of 10.41% from the level on 12/16/2021 of 12.127 M km2 to 13.536 M km2 for this week.
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This year, astronomical winter starts on December 21 at 6:59 AKST. The amount of daylight, as well as the timing of sunrise and sunset, vary considerably across the state on the shortest day of the year. For example, locations north of the Arctic Circle will not see the sun rise on the solstice, while the
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December 16, 2021: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased from last week at a higher rate of of 4.69% from the level on 12/09/2021 of 11.558 M km2 to 12.127 M km2 for this week.
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December 9, 2021: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased from last week at a lower rate of of 1.12% from the level on 12/02/2021 of 11.428 M km2 to 11.558 M km2 for this week.
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