{"id":343618,"date":"2024-09-18T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T10:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=343618"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T10:01:53","slug":"2024-arctic-ice-beats-2007-by-half-a-wadham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=343618","title":{"rendered":"2024 Arctic Ice Beats 2007 by Half a\u00a0Wadham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"479\" data-attachment-id=\"343630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=343630\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?fit=3000%2C1985&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,1985\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0,59829\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?fit=723%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?resize=723%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?resize=1536%2C1016&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?resize=2048%2C1355&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?resize=1200%2C794&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/059829.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2024\/09\/17\/2024-arctic-ice-beats-2007-by-half-a-wadham\/\">Science Matters <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"434\" data-attachment-id=\"343620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=343620\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0arctic2024260.png?fit=936%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"936,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0arctic2024260\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0arctic2024260.png?fit=723%2C434&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0arctic2024260.png?resize=723%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0arctic2024260.png?w=936&amp;ssl=1 936w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0arctic2024260.png?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0arctic2024260.png?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The graph above shows September daily ice extents for 2024 compared to 18 year averages, and some years of note. Day 260 has been the lowest daily ice extent on average for the last 18 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The black line shows on average Arctic ice extents during September decline 358k km2 down to 4.5M Km2 by day 260. The average increase from now on is 490k km2 up to 5.0M km2 end of September.&nbsp; 2024&nbsp; tracked a little lower than the 18-year average in the second week reaching a low of 4.49M km2 on day 255, before going above average on day 260.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SII was reporting deficits as high as 0.5M km2 (half a Wadham) compared to&nbsp; MASIE early in September.&nbsp; For some reason, that dataset has not been updated for the last five days.&nbsp; 2023 bottomed out at 4.1M while 2007 daily minimum hit 4.0M, ended ~ 0.5M km2 in deficit to average and 535k km2 less than MASIE on day 260.&nbsp; 2020 ice on day 260 was ~740k km2 in deficit to average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is this important?&nbsp; All the claims of global climate emergency depend on dangerously higher temperatures, lower sea ice, and rising sea levels.&nbsp; The lack of additional warming prior to 2023 El Nino is documented in a post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2024\/07\/11\/uah-june-2024-oceans-lead-cool-down\/\"><strong>UAH June 2024: Oceans Lead Cool Down.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"283\" data-attachment-id=\"343621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=343621\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?fit=1342%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1342,525\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?fit=723%2C283&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?resize=723%2C283&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?resize=1024%2C401&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?resize=300%2C117&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?resize=768%2C300&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?resize=1200%2C469&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-436.png?w=1342&amp;ssl=1 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of acceleration in sea levels along coastlines has been discussed also.&nbsp; See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2024\/02\/01\/observed-vs-imagined-sea-levels-2023-update\/\"><strong>Observed vs. Imagined Sea Levels 2023 Update.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, a longer term perspective is informative:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"379\" data-attachment-id=\"343623\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=343623\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-438.png?fit=546%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"546,379\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-438.png?fit=546%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-438.png?resize=546%2C379&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-438.png?w=546&amp;ssl=1 546w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-438.png?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The table below shows the distribution of Sea Ice on day 260 across the Arctic Regions, on average, this year and 2007. At this point in the year, Bering and Okhotsk seas are open water and thus dropped from the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Region<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2024260<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Day 260 ave<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2024-Ave.<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2007260<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2024-2007<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(0) Northern_Hemisphere<\/td><td>4581327<\/td><td>4524401<\/td><td>56926<\/td><td>4045776<\/td><td>535551<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(1) Beaufort_Sea<\/td><td>304967<\/td><td>491931<\/td><td>-186963<\/td><td>481384<\/td><td>-176416<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(2) Chukchi_Sea<\/td><td>360456<\/td><td>167361<\/td><td>193095<\/td><td>22527<\/td><td>337929<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(3) East_Siberian_Sea<\/td><td>353456<\/td><td>252958<\/td><td>100498<\/td><td>311<\/td><td>353145<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(4) Laptev_Sea<\/td><td>160792<\/td><td>135574<\/td><td>25218<\/td><td>235869<\/td><td>-75076<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(5) Kara_Sea<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>31612<\/td><td>-31612<\/td><td>44067<\/td><td>-44067<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(6) Barents_Sea<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>14610<\/td><td>-14610<\/td><td>7420<\/td><td>-7420<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(7) Greenland_Sea<\/td><td>165965<\/td><td>191196<\/td><td>-25230<\/td><td>333181<\/td><td>-167216<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(8) Baffin_Bay_Gulf_of_St._Lawrence<\/td><td>53126<\/td><td>29745<\/td><td>23381<\/td><td>26703<\/td><td>26423<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(9) Canadian_Archipelago<\/td><td>228869<\/td><td>274428<\/td><td>-45559<\/td><td>225526<\/td><td>3344<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(10) Hudson_Bay<\/td><td>1692<\/td><td>4595<\/td><td>-2903<\/td><td>2270<\/td><td>-578<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;(11) Central_Arctic<\/td><td>2950861<\/td><td>2929452<\/td><td>21409<\/td><td>2665243.87<\/td><td>285617<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall surplus to average is 57k km2, (1.3%).&nbsp; The major deficit is in Beaufort, offset by large surpluses in Chukchi and East Siberian seas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"729\" data-attachment-id=\"343626\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=343626\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-440.png?fit=735%2C741&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"735,741\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-440.png?fit=723%2C729&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-440.png?resize=723%2C729&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-440.png?w=735&amp;ssl=1 735w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-440.png?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-440.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-440.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"430\" data-attachment-id=\"343628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=343628\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-442.png?fit=625%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"625,430\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-442.png?fit=625%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-442.png?resize=625%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-442.png?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-442.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illustration by Eleanor Lutz shows Earth\u2019s seasonal climate changes. 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