Not much ice left – warm blue arctic ocean due soon

Climate News Links on April 12, 2022

Blue oceans absorb more heat than ice caps. Loss of thick ice at winter’s end makes blue ocean likely soon. Expect more extreme weather!

Loss of thicker March sea ice from 1979 to 2022… Zack Labe, 12/04/2022

Loss of thicker March sea ice from 1979 to 2022…

Note that I have masked out sea ice < 1.5 meters in order to emphasize the decline of the (relative) thicker ice. Data from PIOMAS. Graphic from https://t.co/zMum41cvgD. pic.twitter.com/dlJt8QsF9W
— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) April 10, 2022

Featured Image: Arctic Sea Ice Thickness By Year. / Data: PIOMASS v2.1 (Zhang & Rothrock 2003) from 1979-2022 (averaged with ≥0.15 thickness) / Source: http://psc.apl.uw.edu/research/projects/arctic-sea-ice-volume-anomaly/ / Graphic: Zachary Labe (@ZLabe)

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Tag: Arctic, Arctic amplification, Arctic Ocean, Global Warming, Ocean heating, Sea ice

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