JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 10,319,648 KM2 as at 15-Jun-2022
- Extent loss on this day 102k, 44 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 58k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 4,074 k, which is 102 k, 2.6% more than the 10 year average of 3,972 k.
- Extent is at position #11 in the 44 year satellite record
- Extent is 177 k MORE than 2021,
- Extent is 291 k MORE than 2020,
- Extent is 132 k MORE than 2019,
- Extent is 326 k MORE than 2016
- Extent is 186 k MORE than 2012
- Extent is 35 k MORE than the 2010's Average
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On average 39.7% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done, and on average 91 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining extent loss (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in September 2022 of 4.28 million km2, 1.10 million km2 above the Sept 2012 record low minimum of 3.18 million km2, and 8th lowest in the satellite record
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Yes, a century break that has been a long time coming
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