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As the Arctic continues receiving energy from the sun during this time, the land, which is mostly free of snow by now, can warm up on clear days when the wind is not coming from the cold ocean. Over the Arctic Ocean the snow cover on the sea ice disappears and ponds of melt water start to form on the sea ice, further reducing the amount of ...
Last year’s average land and ocean surface temperatures topped the ... Africa and South America all had their warmest year on record in 2024, while Asia and the Arctic had their second-warmest year.
The warmest day on record for the entire planet was 22 July 2024 when ... Highest temperature north of the Arctic Circle: 38.0 ... Most in one-year period: 31.5 ...
The warmest years in the instrumental temperature record have occurred in the last decade (i.e. 2012-2021). The World Meteorological Organization reported in 2021 that 2016 and 2020 were the two warmest years in the period since 1850. [51] Each individual year from 2015 onwards has been warmer than any prior year going back to at least 1850. [51]
The agency also said Arctic sea ice reached its fourth lowest monthly extent for October, at 19% below average. Sea ice extent is a measure of the surface area of the ocean which is covered by ice ...
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's ... ice and ocean cores going back 8,000 years to the last warm period or 125,000 during the last ...
It was the second warmest November on record, just a smidge (.09 degrees) behind the record warm November last year. The Gulf of Mexico saw its warmest November on record at 2.95 degrees above ...
Some parts of the Arctic are covered by ice (sea ice, glacial ice, or snow) year-round, especially at the most poleward parts; and nearly all parts of the Arctic experience long periods with some form of ice or snow on the surface. Average January temperatures range from about −40 to 0 °C (−40 to 32 °F), and winter temperatures can drop ...