Summer solstice is nearly here, and with it the Arctic accelerates into summer. With solar heating at the annual maximum, here’s an update on the status of sea ice and high latitude snow pack melt.
Arctic-wide sea ice extent as of June 15 was fourth lowest since 1979 in the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) analysis and sixth lowest in EUMETSAT OSI SAF and U.S. National Ice Center/NSIDC Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent (MASIE). The National Snow and Ice Data…
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