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Line graph time series of 2025's daily global sea ice extent in red shading compared to each year from 1979 to 2024 using shades of purple to white for each line for between the months of January and April. The year 2023 is also highlighted in yellow, <br />which was the current absolute record low previously. There is substantial interannual and daily variability.

2025-02-12 14:15:10

ZLabe@fediscience.org

A closer look at the extent of sea ice globally that just set a new all-time record minimum, which is due to unusually low sea ice conditions in both the #Arctic & #Antarctic right now.

Data from https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index