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@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 08.10.2026
JAXA #ANTARCTICA SEA ICE EXTENT: Loss 70k
16.642875 km2 🆙 from 16.712593 yesterday
55k more the average loss on this day of 15k
5.2% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done
Approx 133 days to minimum
2sd lowest (➡️)
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 08.10.2026
Jaxa #ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: Gain 55k
5.832136 km2 ⬇️ from 5.731917 yesterday
1k more than the average gain on this day of 54k
8.5% of extent gains from minimum to maximum done
Approx 153 days to maximum
16th lowest (🆙 17th lowest )
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialYour daily #Thwaites update 09.10.2026
2 year 2 photo GIF of the area
Check pine island glacier sliding into the ocean
And the movement at Thwaites with a large section of the glacier breaking up
Fascinating changes
@paulmac.bsky.social@paulmac.bsky.social@chriscartwright.bsky.socialYour daily #Thwaites update 08.10.2026
6 week 2 photo GIF
The move continues , but has slowed down a lot
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 07.10.2026
JAXA #ANTARCTICA SEA ICE EXTENT: Loss k
16.712593 km2 🆙 from 16.754133 yesterday
20k more the average loss on this day of 23k
4.8% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done
Approx 133 days to minimum
2sd lowest (🆙 3rd lowest )
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 07.10.2026
Jaxa #ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: Gain 45k
5.776829 km2 ⬇️ from 5.731917 yesterday
11k LESS than the average gain on this day of 56k
8% of extent gains from minimum to maximum done
Approx 153 days to maximum
15th lowest (🆙 17th lowest yesterday )
@paulmac.bsky.social@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 06.10.2026
JAXA #ANTARCTICA SEA ICE EXTENT: Loss 43k
16.754133 km2 🆙 from 16.79738 yesterday
20k more the average loss on this day of 23k
4.8% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done
Approx 134 days to minimum
2sd lowest (🆙 3rd lowest )
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 06.10.2026
Jaxa #ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: Gain 63k
5.731917 km2 ⬇️ from 5.669372 yesterday
2k more than the average gain on this day of 61k
7.5% of extent gains from minimum to maximum done
Approx 154 days to maximum
17th lowest (➡️)
@resisdance.bsky.social#EarthSystem #Cryosphere: "About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979,which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States" phys.org/news/2026-09...
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialHighest temperatures 06.10.2026 part 2
218 days in a row (S Hemisphere colder)
06.10.2026 45 Iran Europe Spain 31.7
06.10.2025 43 Australia Europe Spain Turkey 34c
06.10.2024 46 Mexico (y) Europe Spain Turkey 36c
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@paulmac.bsky.social@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 05.10.2026
JAXA #ANTARCTICA SEA ICE EXTENT: Gain 36k
16.79738 km2 🆙 from 16.761686 yesterday
46k less the average loss on this day of 10k
4% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done
Approx 135 days to minimum
3rd lowest (⬇️ 2sd lowest )
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 05.10.2026
Jaxa #ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: Gain 46k
5.669372 km2 ⬇️ from 5.623492 yesterday
14k less than the average gain on this day of 60k
7% of extent gains from minimum to maximum done
Approx 155 days to maximum
17th lowest (🆙 18th lowest yesterday)
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialYour daily #Thwaites update 06.10.2026
5 week 4 photo GIF
The movement has stopped around the pinned ground
But cracks are deepening everywhere
Sadly, a low DEF gif
@chriscartwright.bsky.socialPolar data 04.10.2026
JAXA #ANTARCTICA SEA ICE EXTENT: Gain 44k
16.761686 km2 🆙 from 16.717509 yesterday
51k less the average loss on this day of 7k
4% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done
Approx 136 days to minimum
2sd lowest (⬇️ Lowest ever yesterday)