Look at this dip during the last week !
Source : ClimateReanalyser.org and NSIDC
Could it be an anomaly with satellite imaging, a random statistical blip, or is something huge just about to start ?

  • naught101@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    That’s sea ice extent, not measuring the ice sheet (which is the permanent glacier on land).

    Also it’s well within the historical variability, so probably not a huge flag right now… Might be worth checking over the next few weeks though. Antarctic sea ice did fall off a cliff over the last decade… There’s also an El Niño building, which is connected to warming I’m the Amundsen Sea, though I don’t know how the timing works there.