Have a great weekend! Here's your Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 390,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 980,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,430,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More graphics: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

Have a great weekend! Here's your Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 390,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 980,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,430,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More graphics: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

February #Arctic sea ice thickness averaged by decade... 📉

See the annual view at https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/

February #Arctic sea ice thickness averaged by decade... 📉

See the annual view at https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/

Reconstruction of annual mean #Arctic sea ice volume over more than the last 100 years...

Comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025 (record low).

Model information available at https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0008.1. Graphic from https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

Reconstruction of annual mean #Arctic sea ice volume over more than the last 100 years...

Comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025 (record low).

Model information available at https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0008.1. Graphic from https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

Last monthly clearly set a new record high temperature (by almost 2°C) for the month of January across my Greenland regional sector of the #Arctic.

Graph from https://zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatures/.

Last monthly clearly set a new record high temperature (by almost 2°C) for the month of January across my Greenland regional sector of the #Arctic.

Graph from https://zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatures/.

Year-to-year variability with a long-term decline in January #Arctic sea ice volume (bar) and thickness (map). Updated through January 2026 🧊

Additional graphics: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

Year-to-year variability with a long-term decline in January #Arctic sea ice volume (bar) and thickness (map). Updated through January 2026 🧊

Additional graphics: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

Have a good week! Here's your Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 410,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,000,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More on polar climate trends: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/

Have a good week! Here's your Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 410,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,000,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More on polar climate trends: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/

Have a great weekend! Here's your Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 210,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 820,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,350,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,750,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More graphics to share: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

Have a great weekend! Here's your Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 210,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 820,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,350,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,750,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More graphics to share: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

#Arctic climate rankings are now updated for January 2026: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2026/. Last month was warm (relatively speaking), and sea ice was low.

#SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

#Arctic climate rankings are now updated for January 2026: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2026/. Last month was warm (relatively speaking), and sea ice was low.

#SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

Each line represents one year of #Arctic sea ice thickness from 1979 [dark blue] to 2025 [dark red]. This year is shown in yellow - now updated through January 2026 (2nd thinnest for the date)...

+ More visuals of thickness and volume: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

Each line represents one year of #Arctic sea ice thickness from 1979 [dark blue] to 2025 [dark red]. This year is shown in yellow - now updated through January 2026 (2nd thinnest for the date)...

+ More visuals of thickness and volume: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/