Arctic Sea Ice Update

By Paul Homewood

Quick Arctic update.

DMI have now issued the June sea ice data, which shows a steady recovery in extent since the low in 2010.

Significantly, this year’s extent of 11.52 million sq km is greater than in 2006, which was 11.50. (Full data here).

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover_30y.uk.php

Temperatures across the Arctic have been consistently below average since the end of April.

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php

And with the melt season nearly at an end, the Greenland ice sheet has been growing at close to record levels.

http://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/