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BAT Government

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The @IPCC_CH is critical to informing global action on climate change. Tasmanian scientists discuss the outsized role of their small city at the edge of the world in bringing #Antarctica to centre stage. @UTAS_ @CMS_UTas @CSIRO @IMASUTAS @cityofhobarttas youtu.be/k8PEO02LYiM

Australian Antarctic Program Partnership

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RT @NadeschaZ: After days of either not finding #mud or multicore failures, we finally got some sediment cores on the first try. The roller coaster of our #interdisciplinary #science cruise in east #greenland continues. @GCRC_GINR @BAS_News #bluecarbon @Algae_for_BC @bax_dr #mudmudmud #tarajoq

British Antarctic Survey 🐧

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RT @ArcticResearch: The abbreviated Sea Ice Prediction Network 2024 September Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is out! Read it here: arcus.org/sipn/sea-ice-outlo… #Arctic #SeaIce

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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RT @CiresCEEE: Calling all polar early career scientists! Join us for PSECCO’s FREE virtual BAJEDI workshop on Wednesday, October 2nd, from 10 am to 1 pm MT! ❄️ Register at this link as we'd love to see you there: buff.ly/3ZDXGnL! 🔗

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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ICYMI, Arctic sea ice likely reached its minimum extent on September 11 at 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles), making it the 7th lowest minimum extent in the satellite record. Learn more: bit.ly/3zFLh8b

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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The #Arctic is home to #whales found nowhere else:
🦄 Narwhal
🐳 Beluga
🐋 Bowhead

Blue corridors connect these whales to important habitats. But less #SeaIce means more human activity in these habitats 🚢

Explore our #ProtectingBlueCorridors report 🔗: arcticwwf.org/newsroom/repor…

WWF Global Arctic Programme

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Can you drink the water from sea ice? New ice is usually very salty so it would not make good drinking water. However, as ice ages, the brine drains through the ice. Most multiyear ice is fresh enough that someone could drink its melted water. bit.ly/47j6Sjr

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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RT @ArcticBasecamp: Arctic sea ice reached its 7th lowest minimum extent on record as of September 11, according to new data from the @NSIDC . Our Chief Science Officer and leading expert on Arctic sea ice Julienne Stroeve emphasized the significance of this ongoing trend: “We are clearly in a new Arctic with summer minimum extents well below 5 million sq-km, something that never happened prior to 2007.” Over the last 18 years, the Arctic has seen its 18 lowest ice extents, signaling a profound shift in the region’s climate.

This is crucial because the Arctic acts as a global thermostat—its ice reflects sunlight, helping to regulate Earth’s temperature. As sea ice declines, planetary warming accelerates, increasing the risk of crossing dangerous climate thresholds. Without action, we could see ice-free Arctic summers by the 2030s. As the Arctic becomes seasonally ice-free, the frequency of strong El Niño events increases significantly, triggering extreme heatwaves, droughts and heavy precipitation in different regions of the world. This makes it critical to reduce CO2 emissions by phasing out fossil fuels now, to slow this trajectory.

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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