Every single day, information products that describe the Arctic sea-ice environment are prepared. For example: information on where the sea-ice edge is, how thick the ice is, and how fast it’s moving
The team analysed the outcomes of 40 different climate models, which will also be used in the upcoming sixth Assessment Report from the IPCC . The simulations are based on the implementation of variou
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (climate change service of the European Commission and European Space Agency), in Europe the summer months June to August were the hottest since the
The decline in summertime sea-ice in the Arctic is an important indicator for the progressive climate change and its effects on the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Since the advent of contin
As our colleagues at the German overwintering station Neumayer III can attest, that doesn’t necessarily mean the weather will get warmer, but at least towards the end of the month they can look forwar
It may come as a surprise, but due to this year’s ice conditions, the Swedish icebreaker Oden had serious difficulties penetrating to the North Pole. The months-long northward ice drift compacted the
After the sea-ice extent in the Arctic showed a moderate loss, hovering in the lower portion of the double standard deviation range from the long-term average with ca. 92,000 km² / day in the first ha
In recent days, the development of the ice cover north of Greenland has attracted considerable attention: within a few weeks, an ice-free strip up to 100 km wide has formed along the coast (Fig.1). Th
“We are approaching this year’s minimum sea-ice extent in the Arctic, and this summer the ice concentration has descreased to its lowest value since observations started, in 1979,” according to Profes
In October, the sea-ice extent in the Arctic was once again below the double standard deviation from the long-term average (Fig. 1). In September 2018 the ice covered an average area of 4.43 million s
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