It’s been about a month since the Arctic-wide sea ice minimum was reached (my post on the 2026 minimum extent is here), and since then ice extent in the Arctic has increased about 40 percent (Fig. 1), a much larger increase from the day-of-minimum to mid-October than most recent years.
As of October 15, Arctic-wide sea ice extent ranks are almost the same in all the analyses, with this year the 14th lowest in the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Sea Ice Index version 4…
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