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Environment & Energy

OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts) Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:07 AM Sep 2016

Early to say, but melt season may be over

Yesterday was the first uptick in the extent (by a whopping 2,000 sq km...lol). If so, it's about 3 days earlier than average.

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/

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Early to say, but melt season may be over (Original Post) OnlinePoker Sep 2016 OP

Looks like I called it OnlinePoker Sep 2016 #1

OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts)

1. Looks like I called it

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 03:11 PM

Sep 2016

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its seasonal minimum extent for 2016 on September 10. A relatively rapid loss of sea ice in the first ten days of September has pushed the ice extent to a statistical tie with 2007 for the second lowest in the satellite record. September’s low extent followed a summer characterized by conditions generally unfavorable for sea ice loss.

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2016/09/2016-ties-with-2007-for-second-lowest-arctic-sea-ice-minimum/

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