~ Yet, the JAXA numbers don't show this despite stunning image suggesting eminent disintegration
What is left of the East Siberian sea ice peninsula once mighty at just past mid July :
.... Is a mere skeleton of former self:
Apparently August 24 to 25, 32,974 km2 vanished in a day, while the new blue areas easily span more than 200,000 km2, nevertheless, the visual aspect is much more catastrophic than the numerical one.... While 4 km resolution makes 2018 #1, at least in the NSIDC comparison graph given:
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| 2018 is #1 lowest in extent compared with all years since 2014, which I guess was the start of monitoring at 4 km grids. wd August 26 , 2018 |
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