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It looks like sea ice has passed its minimum extent for the year 2015, as illustrated by the image below. There are some differences between the various websites measuring extent, such as to whether …

The image below shows that Arctic sea ice had reached a level of 4.45 million square kilometers on September 16, 2015 (end of dark blue line at center of image). NSIDC has meanwhile called the 2015 m…

The image below shows sea surface temperature anomalies in the Arctic on July 30, 2015. Due to warm ocean waters and to heatwaves on land that extended over the Arctic Ocean, while warming up rivers …

The image below compares the Arctic sea ice thickness (in m) on July 15, for the years from 2012 (left panel) to 2015 (right panel), using Naval Research Laboratory images. Click on image to enlarge …

Steep decline of the Arctic sea ice continues. The yellow line on the image below follows 2014 sea ice area up to June 5 and shows that sea ice area now is close to a record low for the time of the y…

In April 2014, Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum volume. It was the second lowest on record, according to calculations by the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) at…