立場新聞 2018/02/23 16:13
Today's Bering Sea ice extent was lower than any value from Jan 15th to May 2nd during any of the previous 38 years; and the Feb 20th value was only half of the previous lowest Feb 20 value. #akwx @AlaskaWx @ZLabe pic.twitter.com/FPXThXkdUC
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) February 22, 2018
While there is always large variability in the #Arctic winter, the *persistence* of the above average temperatures is quite striking in the last few years.
Average is the light blue line. Gray lines indicate years from 1958-2015 [>80°N latitude; https://t.co/kO5ufUWrKq]. pic.twitter.com/sLHNOo6P14
— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) February 20, 2018