August #SeaIce highlights from #C3S:

❄️ #Antarctic sea ice saw the largest negative anomaly for August on record, at 12% below average;
❄️ #Arctic sea ice was 10% below average but well above the record minimum from August 2012.

More: https://climate.copernicus.eu/sea-ice-cover-august-2023?utm_source=socialmedia&utm_medium=tw&utm_campaign=CBaugust23

#CopernicusClimate #Climate #seaice #Reanalysis #climatecrisis #Antarctic

Les “cascades de sang” en Antarctique : le mystère enfin résolu par la science

#antarctic #mystery #microscopy

https://www.presse-citron.net/les-cascades-de-sang-en-antarctique-le-mystere-enfin-resolu-par-la-science/

No surprise. But still crazy.

#Antarctic #SeaIce extent is low.

This graphic shows the ranking of sea-ice extent by month. Take a look at the last line (representing 2023 and updated including August).

Source: #OSISAF
👉 https://cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-index-sh

August observed a similar distribution of #Antarctic sea ice anomalies as the last few months. Most areas remained well below average, except for the Amundsen Sea. Extent was a record low.

Data from https://nsidc.org/data/g02202/versions/4. Concentration = fraction of sea ice in a location.

antarctic · australian · fell · rescued
https://papercliff.github.io/redirect/?q=antarctic+australian+fell+rescued&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:9/4/2023,cd_max:9/6/2023
#news #antarctic #australian

#CAMS data show one of the largest #Antarctic #ozone holes on record for August

https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-data-show-one-largest-antarctic-ozone-holes-record-august

Icebreaker #Nuyina en route to the #Antarctic to retrieve Australian with 'developing medical condition'.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-02/rsv-nuyina-en-route-to-retrieve-unwell-australian-from-antarctic/102807676

🚨 To no surprise, last month averaged the lowest #Antarctic sea ice extent on record for the month of August.

This was 2,220,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. Data available from https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index.

#Antarctic #research stations have polluted a pristine wilderness
Historical bad practices have left a legacy of #pollution, but efforts are under way to chart a better future.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02740-0

📢 #Antarctic #SeaIce extent was *record low* in August according to #osisaf

We are missing 2 millions km2 of sea ice compared to the 1981-2010 climatology.

The end of winter is approaching in the #Antarctic: soon the Sun will warm the ocean and melt the ice 😭 .

@ZLabe @SigneAaboe @kevpluck

In this week’s essay, Stephanie Krzywonos interrogates heroic narratives of Antarctica that gender the land through feminine tropes. As she comes to know this expansive landscape, she invites us to consider the continent on its own terms.
Read “Antarctica the Woman.” https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/antarctica-the-woman/
#ShiftingLandscapes #Antarctic #Antarctica #Ice

If the #Linux logo ever meant anything, please recognise that there's a specicide going on, in the #Antarctic 🐧 ⚰️

Good thread on the current alarming #Antarctic #SeaIce trends by @PoLaRobs

https://fediscience.org/@PoLaRobs/110975123418693370

Record low 2022 #Antarctic #seaice led to catastrophic breeding failure of emperor #penguins
#EmperorPenguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea #ice loss in 2022. The discovery supports predictions that over 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be quasi-#extinct by the end of the century, based on current #globalwarming trends.
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/loss-of-sea-ice-causes-catastrophic-breeding-failure-for-emperor-penguins/
I think #climatechange is a #climatecrisis at this point

antarctic · colonies · ice · penguin
https://papercliff.github.io/redirect/?q=antarctic+colonies+ice+penguin&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:8/23/2023,cd_max:8/25/2023
#news #ice #antarctic

This week #funding for #Antarctic #science was cut by $25 million, at a time when Antarctic ice loss is critically low (2.6 million square kilometers of sea ice have been lost, currently at the lowest levels in at least 120 yr). As a result of these budget cuts, important science projects including surveys of sea-ice thickness have been cancelled. Meanwhile, $200 million in funding has just been announced by the same government in the same week for #sports.
Virtually every news broadcast has a dedicated sports segment played on (very frequent) loop around the clock in Australia. We have dedicated sports channels, radio blocked out for days at time. Our children can rattle off their favourite players jersey numbers along with endless stats about who won what game or medal. Yet when I speak with school groups NONE can answer the question “who’s your favourite Australian scientist?”. We are so fortunate to have WORLDCLASS scientists in Australia! Those individuals don’t do it for fame or fortune. In fact, most are employed on horrendous casual contracts, massively overworked, burdened with #ecogrief and woefully underpaid. They don’t get airtime. Their selflessness and dedication to the voiceless (nature) and greater good isn’t celebrated. We don’t win medals.

FFS Australia, teach your children about the real heroes. Fund those working to make society a better, safer, fairer place. Stop being distracted by pretty shiny things. Please, we are 💯 running out of time! #ClimateCrisis #BrainDrain #BiodiversityCrisis #PollutionCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/22/ive-spent-40-years-in-antarctic-research-right-now-its-facing-a-climate-emergency-so-we-must-not-put-vital-science-on-ice

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/19/albanese-government-to-pledge-200m-for-womens-sport-after-matildas-inspire-australia

Thanks FT for covering prominently the unprecedented extreme events in Antarctica.
#climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Antarctica #Antarctic #climateaction #climateactionnow

About 9 months after the invasion of #Ukraine, Danish trade union DM published a remarkable interview with 2 highly educated "academics" (people with at least MSc education in the DK definition) who had joined up to serve. 1 a historian, 1 an IT specialist.

https://www.akademikerbladet.dk/fokus/akademikere-i-krig

The National #Antarctic #Science Centre of #Ukraine also has #scientists who are now serving in the Ukrainian armed forces.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XjP4UZd8v5w?feature=share

Pretty extraordinary #UAV footage of a seal chasing a #penguin underwater filmed at #ukraine #Antarctic station #Vernadsky shared by a Ukraininan #scientist colleague in @PolarRES @OceanIceEU

https://youtu.be/NfMqm5l4sKk

The recent slow down in sea ice growth in the #Antarctic is largely coming from declines (probably wind-driven) in the Ross Sea...

Find a map of the Antarctic regions at https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/map-of-antarctica/. Data from https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index.